Bastet amulet inscribed for Pamay
724–712 B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsOverall: 4.7 x 0.8 x 1 cm (1 7/8 x 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.335
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W 816); 1923, 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, 1923)
(Accession date: March 1, 1923)
A.D. 30–364
305–30 B.C.
570–526 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
305–30 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
1980–1630 B.C.