Amulet of a cat
743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelEgypt (el-Kurru, tomb 53 - tomb of Queen Tabiry)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueDolomitic marble
DimensionsOverall: 4.4 x 1.5 x 2.5 cm (1 3/4 x 9/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.305
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 53 (tomb of Queen Tabiry). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1921)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1921)
about A.D. 200
about A.D. 120
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
second half of 2nd century A.D.
A.D. 120–140
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210
about A.D. 140
