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Beads

Object PlaceMeroe, Beg.
Object Place for LabelNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGreen jasper
Dimensions1.4 x 1.85 cm (9/16 x 3/4 in.), tk. 0.8
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-2-447a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W27, February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Pendant
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
Beads
A.D. 30–175
Bead
750 B.C.–300 A.D.
Stamp seal
A.D. 226–651
Stamp seal
A.D. 226–651
Cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
315–170 B.C.
Group shot: 02.749, 87.713
1550–1070 B.C.