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Decorated ostrich egg

FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOstrich egg
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4264
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma. 1913: 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.


Findspot Information: From Nubia, Sudan, Kerma, Room L (in hard debris which covered earlier red brick walls).
Ostrich egg fragment
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
110 B.C.–A.D. 40
Ostrich egg
2323–2040 B.C.
A.D. 266–283
Beads
712–690 B.C.
Amulet
712–690 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.
Beads
712–593B.C.