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Hathor headed crystal pendant
Unknown743 B.C. - 712 B.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States
Amuletic ornaments of precious metals and semi-precious stones were worn suspended form the neck. Among these ornaments are two of clear quartz that probably contained substances believed to be magical.
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Details
- Title: Hathor headed crystal pendant
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 743 B.C. - 712 B.C.
- Physical Dimensions: w33 x h54 mm
- Type: Jewelry / Adornment-Pendants
- Rights: Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
- External Link: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/hathor-headed-crystal-pendant-143587
- Medium: Gold, rock crystal
- Period, era, dynasty, reign: Napatan Period, reign of Piye (Piankhy)
- City, state, country: el-Kurru, Sudan
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