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Pectoral
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21
1070–945 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, Said to be from royal cache
Medium/Technique
Bright blue faience with black details
Dimensions
Height: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Nina H. Burnham
Accession Number56.315
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pectorals
DescriptionThe obverse has two djed-pillars in the center, flanked by tyet-knots. The reverse depicts the deceased, kneeling before Anubis.
ProvenanceSaid to have been discovered at Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, royal cache, in 1879. By 1909: Frederick George Hilton Price Collection, London; 1909: sold at Sotheby's, London (12-21 July 1911); by 1956: Nina H. Burnham collection, Bar Harbor, ME; 1956: given to the MFA by Nina H. Burnham.
(Accession Date: May 10, 1956)
(Accession Date: May 10, 1956)