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Beads

270 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotGammai, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian, glass
DimensionsOverall: 4.5 x 0.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBy exchange with the Peabody Museum, Harvard
Accession number44.33
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave E 83, object #R4(?) 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1924: given to Peabody Museum, Harvard University by Mrs. Oric Bates (Peabody Museum No. B 4047); exchanged with MFA by V/T Jan. 21, 1937 and V/C Jan. 7, 1944.
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100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
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305–30 B.C.
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332 B.C.–337 A.D.
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1550–1295 B.C.
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2323–2040 B.C.
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760–332 B.C.