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Pendant

before 4300 B.C.
FindspotRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueTortoiseshell?
DimensionsWidth x length x thickness: 1.7 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number39.479
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Provenance1936, excavated at Rayy (Chal Turkhan, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1939, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: January 12, 1939)
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