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Ram-headed crystal pendant
Ram-headed crystal pendant

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)