Necklace with leaf-shaped beads
50–320
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), and obsidian
DimensionsLength x width: 42.5 x 4.5 cm (16 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.367
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West 453. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.(Accession date unknown)
664–270 B.C.
623–568 B.C.
593–568 B.C.
542–538 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
1186–1070 B.C.