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Various beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
A.D. 30–175
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg.), W179
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Other: 0.9 x 0.6 cm (3/8 x 1/4 in.) - beads
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-559o
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description47 pear-shaped glass beads, and fragments. Beg. W 179
ProvenanceFrom Meroe,Beg. W 179 February, 1922; excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.