Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
String of beads
Description
Beads, string. Meroitic Period, 30 BC–364 AD. Carnelian, glass. l. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 2535, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.
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Faras
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