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Ram-headed crystal pendant

743–712 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
FindspotNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGilded silver; rock crystal
DimensionsHeight x width: 9 × 2.5 cm (3 9/16 × 1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.976
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / 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)
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Necklace
568–542 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 33.1162.1-2
2465–2323 B.C.
Eye inlay
2575–2465 B.C.
Stamp seal
A.D. 226–651
Unfinished cylinder seal
2334–2154 B.C.
Cylinder seal
883–612 B.C.