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Necklace of flower and amphora-shaped pendants (modern stringing)

664–332 B.C.
FindspotSaid to be found, 12 miles southeast of Gurob in the Faiyum, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsLength: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number1972.1075
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceMay 1945, said to have been found about 12 miles southeast of Medinet Gurob, Egypt, by Robert Gordon Faudree [see note 1]; 1959, sold by Faudree to Horace L. Mayer (b. 1899 - d. 1968), Williamstown, MA [see note 2]; to his widow, Florence Ellen Mayer, Williamstown; 1971, gift of Mrs. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1972)

NOTES:
[1] According to letters from Faudree of July 6, 1959 and October 7, 1959. [2] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on October 30, 1959 (loan no. 48.59).
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