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Miniature situla

743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAmethystine quartz
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 3.5 x 2.4 cm (1 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.306
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / 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)
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Pat Garrett
1978
Bead
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Amulet of bird
664–525 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Bead
750–250 B.C.