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Pendants
Nubian
Meroitic Period
200–50 B.C.
Object Place: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg., W24
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
2.1 x 2.6 cm (13/16 x 1 in.), tk. 2.5cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-1-599
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionTwo pendants, highly polished mottled stone, chaldedony; taper bored, one chipped.
ProvenanceFrom W24, January, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.