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Cylinder-shaped amulet
Nubian
Napatan Period
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. West), West 686(?)
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
1.45 cm (9/16 in.), dia: 1.1
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-3-865
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionAmulet band of sheet metal, welded into hollow cylinder with caps attached, top and bottom, one narrower than the other, hole in side near bottom
ProvenanceFrom Beg. West 686(?), March, 1923: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.