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 viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
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)
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
2061–1640 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
2400–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
650–950
