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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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.