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Beads

284 B.C.–A.D. 275
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue-green faience, dull red faience, faded blue faience
Dimensions1.2 x 1.3 x 1.4 cm (1/2 x 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.16726
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceGebel Barkal; PYR XIIII; Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Unworked glass
750–250 B.C.
Head of a Bearded Man Looking to the Left
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
about 1751–53
Two Angels Blowing Trumpets
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
mid-18th century, about 1750
Head of a Bearded Old Man
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
about 1751–53
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Beads
750 B.C.–A.D. 339
Bead
750–250 B.C.