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Beads
Nubian
Late Meroitic Period
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Findspot: Nubia (Egypt), Karanog, Tomb G 164
Medium/Technique
Glass; blue
Credit Line
MFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession Number1991.1132
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionBlue glass beads
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 164. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)