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Beads

750 B.C.–A.D. 339
Medium/TechniqueFaience, blue-green glaze
Dimensions
Length: 0.5 to 1.5 cm (3/16 x 9/16 in.) Dia 0.5 to 0.6
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2355
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal Temple B 501. 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
750–250 B.C.
Bead
750–250 B.C.
Group shot: 98.1009, 03.1724, 03.1788
2960–2649 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
Fragment of faience
750–250 B.C.