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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
26–20 B.C.
90–10 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
4200–3250 B.