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Group Shot: 22-2-539a, 22-2-539b, 22-2-539c, 22-2-539d, 22-2-539e, & 22-2-539f
Jewelry elements
Group Shot: 22-2-539a, 22-2-539b, 22-2-539c, 22-2-539d, 22-2-539e, & 22-2-539f

Jewelry elements

FindspotMeroe, Nubia ( Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGold; carnelian; glass
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-2-539a-f
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 145. 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Necklace
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
Gold and carnelian necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Necklace
50–170
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Pectoral
1783–1550 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300