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Amulet of a frog

FindspotGammai, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, silver
DimensionsOther: 1 x 1.2 cm (3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession number24.378
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave Z 4, object #R16. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.
Finger ring
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2010–1961 B.C.
Assorted beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Scarab
945-660 B.C.
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Finger ring
40 B.C.–A.D. 114