Amulet of a frog
FindspotGammai, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsOther: 1.1 x 2 cm (7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession number42.137
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave E 72, object #2. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 1924: lent to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates; March 12, 1942: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.
2400–1550 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
2061–1784 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
900–600 B.C. (?)
900–600 B.C.
9th–7th century B.C.
1539–1075 B.C.
1539–1075 B.C.