Advanced Search 
Button
Nubian
Napatan Period
about 590 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, Pyramid 6
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Diameter .008
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.394
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionButton. Gold; rounded; ring in back.
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 Anla-Aman (Pyramid VI at Nuri), January 1917.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Anla-Aman (Pyramid VI at Nuri), January 1917.