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Beads
Beads

Beads

315–170 B.C.
FindspotMeroe (Beg. West), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/Techniquea) glass paste; b) faience; c) faience
Dimensionsa) L 1.5 cm, diameter 0.7 cm
b) L 1.7 cm, diameter 0.3 cm
c) L 0.3 cm, diameter 0.2 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23-3-727a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Beg. West 460. March 1923: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.