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Necklace
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani (?)
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 59, Room A
Medium/Technique
Carnelian and amazonite
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionNecklace. Round beads, - forty-six carnelian and thirty-five green amazonite; also fragments of several other green amazonite beads.
ProvenanceNuri, Pyramid 59, room A, Tomb of Queen Malakaye, February 1918.
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.
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.