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Two pear-shaped pendants
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Nasakhma or Malowiebama
468–435 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XXXI, room A
Medium/Technique
Gold and amazonite
Dimensions
Length: 2.0 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.17013
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionGold pendants inlaid with amazonite; one in good condition, the other broken; perhaps traces of blue cement (?)
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XXXI (Saka'aye), room A. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.