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Ivory plaque

FindspotNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueCarved ivory
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 6.2 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.697
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFound in Pyramid LIII at Nuri. January 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
750–270 B.C.
Ivory wand
1783–about 1640 B.C.
Fragment of a wand
1550–1295 B.C.
Fragments of a wand
1550–1295 B.C.
Fragments of a wand
1550–1295 B.C.
Fragment of wand
1550–1295 B.C.
Fragment of a wand
1783–about 1640 B.C.
Ivory flies and magic wands. 14-3-788 (2) (=MFA 20.1776a-b), 14-2-803 (2) (=MFA 20.1775)a-b), 1…
2040–about 1640 B.C.
Ivory flies and magic wands. 14-3-788 (2) (=MFA 20.1776a-b), 14-2-803 (2) (=MFA 20.1775)a-b), 1…
1783–about 1640 B.C.
Fragment of wand
1550–1186 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.