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Amulet of Hathor nursing a queen

743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight x width: 2 1/4 x 3/4 in. (5.7 x 1.9 cm)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.928
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta). 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)
Finger ring
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Group shot:  47.1699, 47.1700, 47.1701
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 47.1700, 52.1837
2575–2528 B.C.
Bracelet fragments
2625–2500 B.C.
Fillet with pendants
332–150 B.C.
Group shot: 1985.94-6
1299–600 B.C.
View: 2
Early first millennium B.C.
Silver spiral fibula
about 1000–800 B.C.?
View: 1
about 1000–700 B.C.