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Amulet of Isis and Horus

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, El-Kurru, Ku 53

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Other: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.702
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentAmulets

DescriptionGreen glazed faience. Seated female figure crowned with horns and disc with child on knee. Head of child and tip of one horn missing. Hole at back of head.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 53 (tomb of Queen Tabiry). 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: January 1, 1924)