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Bead and fragments

FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience and bone (?)
Dimensions3.4 x 0.95 cm (1 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-2-268
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal B700. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
String of beads
1550–1295 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
Bead necklace
270 B.C.-A.D. 320
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040-1640 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Ring and cylinder beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.