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Necklace (incomplete)
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Karkamani
519–510 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Length: of gold tubular beads .016 Length: of pendant .023
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.281
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionTwo pieces of a plaited gold string, forty-eight gold tubular beads; three gold pendants, two inlaid with green amazonite; and one tubular bead of stone.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Nuri, pyramid 7 (tomb of Karkamani). 1917: 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.