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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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)
(Accession date: March 1, 1919)
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2625–2500 B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
332–150 B.C.
1426–1400 B.C.
2900–2334 B.C.
1299–600 B.C.
Early first millennium B.C.
about 1000–800 B.C.?
about 1000–700 B.C.