Iron oxide ball beads
185–10 B.C.
FindspotMeroe (Beg.), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIron oxide glass
Dimensions11 ball beads - L 0.45 cm, diameter 0.6 cm
23 ball beads - L 0.4 cm, diameter0.35 cm
23 ball beads - L 0.4 cm, diameter0.35 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-1-556a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W 171 February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 1690
about 1740
about 1420–35
A.D. 90–246
