id:			153417
accession number:	1987.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.1
updated:		2025-06-10 11:10:06.705000

Pendant, c. 700 BCE. Sudan, Napatan; lion's head component: probably Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasty 25. Amethyst and gold; overall: 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.1

title:				Pendant
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creation date:			c. 700 BCE
creation date earliest:		-750
creation date latest:		-650
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Sudan, Napatan; lion's head component: probably Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasty 25
technique:	amethyst and gold
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 24 February-17 April 1988, The Year in Review for 1987, cat.: CMA Bulletin 75, no. 2 (February 1988), no. 6', 'opening_date': '1988-02-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Galerie Nefer, Zurich; Nefer 5 [1987], no. 50, color
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Markowitz, Yvonne and Peter Lacovara. "An Amethyst Gaming Piece Transformed." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art </em>1(1996): 6-11.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 6-7, fig. 1a-d
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079679

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 444
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	Lacovara, Peter, Yvonne J. Markowitz and Sue D'Auria. <em>Nubian Gold: Ancient Jewelry from Sudan and Egypt. </em>Cairo; New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 148; Reproduced; p. 149, fig. 125a-b
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