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Pendant (?)

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)–Shabaka
743–698 B.C.

Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Grave 52

Accession Number

19.2612

Medium or Technique

Silver

Not On View

Collections

Jewelry, The Ancient World

Classifications

Pendants

Standing female figure (in two pieces) wearing a crown and holding a flail; suspension loop on the back of the head.

Provenance

From el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Neferukekashta). 1919: 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.

Credit Line

Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition