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Bracelet with eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet

404–396 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGold, serpentine
DimensionsDiameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.324
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 13 (tomb of Harsiyotef). 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.

(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
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