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Beads

750–250 B.C.
Object Place for LabelGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, blue green glaze
Dimensionsa) diameterxTh. 0.6 x 0.1 cm (1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2257
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal Temple B 503. 1920; Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Beads
750 B.C.–A.D. 339
Bead
750–250 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
Fragment of faience
750–250 B.C.