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Recreational game pieces

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of unknown ruler
664–643 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Beg. South, Pyramid 86

Medium/Technique Faience
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12079.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment

Descriptionb) 2 lenticular (?) shaped, each worked with a circle 'o' on top. One light greenish blue glaze, the other yellowish on the outside (perhaps red body paste like pendants 21-2-270)
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid 86, 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.