Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

String of disc beads

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Description

Napatan Period, 750–300 BC. Faience. L. 54 cm (21 1/4 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 25, Faras, Upper Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1910–1912. Credit: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926.

Connections

Found at Faras
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