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Necklace terminal
Nubian
Napatan Period
about 620 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, Pyramid 3
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Length: .019
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.973
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionGold; small rivet through one end; loop at other end. (see 17-3-132).
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Nuri. 1920: 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.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Sanka-aman-sakan, (Pyramid III at Nuri), February 1917.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Sanka-aman-sakan, (Pyramid III at Nuri), February 1917.