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Amulet of Pataikos

About 10 B.C.–A.D. 114
FindspotMeroe (Beg. W), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience and gold
DimensionsHeight: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.345
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W), tomb 311. 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: January 1, 1923)