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Bead

750 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOstrich Eggshell
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 0.15 x 1.3 cm (1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.12053
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Meroe, Beg., Southern Hilltop, under black rock, surface debris: 1921; excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
743–542 B.C.
712–653 B.C.
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690–664 B.C.
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690–664 B.C.
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1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
690–623 B.C.
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40 B.C.–A.D. 114
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40 B.C.–A.D. 114