ClassificationsAncient Nubian Art
Ram-Headed Pendant and Necklace
AAT Object Form/Functionpendants (jewelry)
AAT Object Form/Functionbead necklaces
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureNubian
PeriodNapatan
Date722-332 BCE
MediumQuartz (carnelian), gold
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Object number2001.008.002
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - PresentPublished ReferencesBonhams, Antiquities (October 3, 2000), 17, lot 65.
Jennifer Ritchey, "Eye on Antiquity," Where Atlanta (November 2001): 22.
Marjorie M. Fisher, et al., Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (The American University in Cairo Press, 2012), 120, figure 80.
Peter Lacovara and Yvonne J. Markowitz, Nubian Gold: Ancient Jewelry from Sudan and Egypt (New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2019), 116-117, figure 86.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Europe. Purchased by MCCM from Bonhams London, October 3, 2000, lot 65.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
722-332 BCE
722-332 BCE
ca. 1600 BCE
3050-2590 BCE
722-655 BCE or 722-332 BCE
1539-1479 BCE
1980-1630 BCE
1630-1540 BCE
mid 1st Millennium BCE
early 1st Millennium BCE
ca. 559-331 BCE
2900-2350 BCE
