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 viewClassificationsReligious and cult objects
Collections
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)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
945–712 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
Early first millennium B.C.
650–550 B.C.
650–550 B.C.
900–700 B.C.
A.D. 363–476
late 4th–late 3rd century B.C.
760–30 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
