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Spherical stone objects

653–643 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueJasper?
DimensionsDiameter: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-4-148
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Nuri, Mortuary chapel (Grave 501). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.