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Menat amulet
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Senkamanisken
643–623 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 3 (tomb of Senkamanisken)
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 6.6 x 3cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/16in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionMenat of light blue faience; decorated on one side only; small hole through projection at bottom in which are heads and remains of a string; broken and mended; small chip missing. Crude.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 3 (tomb of Senkamanisken). 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.