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Staff fragment

690–664 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, gold
DimensionsHeight x diameter x thickness: 3.8 x 5 x 0.1 cm (1 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.693
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 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.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
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