Amulet of a heart
Nubian
Napatan Period
about 623–568 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Meroe, Beg. S.85
Dimensions
Other: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Accession Number
23.1442
Medium or Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Heart; alabaster.
One of many amulets mounted together taken from the mummy of Princess Mernua.
Provenance
From Beg. S. 85, Princess Mernua [Excav. date] March, 1923, Exp.Ph. A 3164, 5/8. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition