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Pendant on a chain

1070–712 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGold with glass inlays
DimensionsHeight x Width of pendant 7.1 x 2.5 cm (2 13/16 x 1 in.). Length chain (doubled) 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number68.836
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1964, with Spink and Sons, London (said by them to have been acquired from Borchardt and to have come from Abu Gurob), purchased by Horace L. Mayer; 1964, purchased by Horace L. Mayer and lent to the MFA; 1968, yar-end gift of Mrs. Mayer in memory of Horace L. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 27, 1968)
Pectoral
1783–1550 B.C.
Earring
525–330 B.C.
Head of a priest
1st–2nd century A.D.
Aegis of Isis
945–712 B.C.
Bed with inlays (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
1700–1550 B.C.
Reproduction of bracelet of Queen Hetepheres
William J. Young
1947 (from 2575–2465 B.C. original)
Finial
Unidentified artist
mid-13th century