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)
(Accession date unknown)
664–270 B.C.
623–568 B.C.
593–568 B.C.
542–538 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
