Advanced Search 
Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Atlanersa
653–643 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionOne blue-glazed bead in form of lotus flower, seven cylindrical gold beads, eleven blue-glazed faience cylindrical beads, and one white faience cylindrical bead.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 53 (tomb of Queen Yeturow). 1918: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.