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Wire rings
Nubian
Napatan Period
463–431 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. S. ?
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter ca 21 mm. Wire approximately 3mm thick.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11988
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
DescriptionTwo rings. One broken but complete, flattened, round wire bent roughly to a circle, ends not joined, but overlap. The other is similar but ends to not quite suit.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid Mastaba LIII. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.