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Winged goddess pectoral

743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 6 x 1.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.639
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta). 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)