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Winged goddess pectoral

743–712 B.C.
FindspotEl-Kurru, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsLength x width: 8.5 × 6.2 cm (3 3/8 × 2 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.616
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 51 (unidentified queen of 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: January 1, 1924)