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Inscribed lead tablet
Inscribed lead tablet

Inscribed lead tablet

about 643–623 B.C.
Object PlaceNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueLead
DimensionsOverall: 3.1 x 1.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.625
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFound under the N. W. corner of Pyramid XXIV at Nuri, the Tomb of Queen Nasalsa, November 1916.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.