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Inscribed green beryl tablet
Inscribed green beryl tablet

Inscribed green beryl tablet

568–555 B.C.
Object PlaceNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueGreen amazonite
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 x 2.9 cm (1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.420
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFound under the S.W. corner of Pyramid 9 at Nuri, Tomb of Aramatelka (Amtalqa). 1917: 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.