Rubbing stone (?)
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsWidth x length: 3.5 x 6.8 cm (1 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4043
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Trench 1, H, south, in debris about -50 cm. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
about 690–664 B.C.
early 3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1390–1352 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
600–550 B.C.
1700–1295 B.C.