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Bead

FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueWhite quartz
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 1.5 cm (13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21-3-715b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Meroe (Beg. W), Tomb 36. 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Bead
750–250 B.C.
Beads
26–20 B.C.
Bead
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Amulet of bird
664–525 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300