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Fragments of jewelry
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanikhatashan
A.D. 62–85
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XVIII, chamber A
Medium/Technique
a) faience; b) carnelian; c) glass paste?
Dimensions
a- pendant : dia 0.5 L 0.8 b- L 0.8 dia 0.3 to 0.4 c- 1.1
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21-3-683a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group of:
a) 7 blue short cylinder, 1 green small ring, and 1 ring pendant
b) 3 small ball beads, 1 pendant as in (a) above, broken
c) fragment of white paste barrel
a) 7 blue short cylinder, 1 green small ring, and 1 ring pendant
b) 3 small ball beads, 1 pendant as in (a) above, broken
c) fragment of white paste barrel
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XVIII. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.