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Horn protector

about 2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, wood?
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 5.5 x 5 x 5 cm (2 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4197
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, southern cemetery, K16, grave K1620. 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.
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
a-b
2061–1640 B.C.
Horn protector fragments
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
Dagger hilt
2400–1550 B.C.
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364