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Hathor-headed crystal pendant

743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Sudan (Nubia)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGold, rock crystal
DimensionsOverall: 5.3 x 3.3 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.321
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 55 (unknown queen of King Piankhy). 1919: 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, 1921)
Necklace
568–542 B.C.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 33.1162.1-2
2465–2323 B.C.
Clasp
John Burt
1735–40
Rock Crystal Ring
Elsa Peretti
Eye inlay
2575–2465 B.C.
Stamp seal
A.D. 226–651