Pendant with ram-headed sphinx on a column
743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGilded silver, lapis lazuli, and glass
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.3 x 3 cm (4 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.972
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom El-Kurru, Ku 55 (an unnamed queen of King 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: March 1, 1919)
1550–1295 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2625–2500 B.C.
