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Bridle ornament
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanikhatashan
A.D. 62–85
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Meroe, Pyramid Beg. N. 18 (Queen Amanikhatashan?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 4.8 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.1059
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Animal-related
DescriptionThis silver plaque is decorated with a striding figure of a deity in repoussé relief with a bow and upraised arm, (a characteristically war-like pose), crowned with a solar disc and horns. It was once sewn on an elaborate bridle for a royal horse.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid Beg. N. 18 (tomb of Queen Amanikhatashan). 1921: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: March 23, 1924)
(Accession date: March 23, 1924)