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This amulet is made of blue glazed faience. There is a standing figure crowned with disc, horns, feathers, and two uraeae. It has suspension hole through the top of the head.
Provenance
From el-Kurru, pyramid 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)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Piye (Piankhy), 743–712 B.C.
Findspot
Nubia(Sudan)
Dimensions
Height: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
24.695
Medium or Technique
Faience