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Ball beads

30–A.D. 40
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian. glass, glass paste
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-1-18a-n
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Beg. North, Pyramid XV. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
40 B.C.–A.D. 40
Vine-trellis diadem
late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
Bracelet
A.D. 364–476