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Ball bead
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Ball bead

40 B.C.–A.D. 40
FindspotMeroe (Beg. West), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlass paste glass paste
DimensionsD=.65 TK 0.3
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-2-527h
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. West, Room B) Pyr. 140, 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Ball beads
30–A.D. 40
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
743–712 B.C.