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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
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentAmulets

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.