id:			153417
accession number:	1987.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.1
updated:		2022-01-04 17:02:54.057000

Pendant, c. 700 BC. Sudan, Napatan; lion's head component, Egypt, probably New Kingdom, Late Period, 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 BC
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, Egypt, probably New Kingdom, Late Period, 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

* CMA, 24 February-17 April 1988, The Year in Review for 1987, cat.: CMA Bulletin 75, no. 2 (February 1988), no. 6

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Galerie Nefer, Zurich; Nefer 5 [1987], no. 50, color
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wall description: 
This pendant consists of two parts: a superbly carved lion’s head in amethyst that has been set into a D-shaped gold base consisting of a platform surrounded by eight seated baboons. The lion’s head is an heirloom from the New Kingdom, most likely a gaming piece that had been adapted in the Napatan period to serve as an pendant amulet. This procedure was fairly common in antiquity as a means of recycling precious stones. The importance of leonine deities in Nubian religion was obviously the motivating force behind the creation of this spectacular ornament.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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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