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Stone object

623–593 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsLength x width x thickness: 9.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (3 5/8 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.708
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid VI, room C. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.
Undecorated glass fragment
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Fragment of red glass
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Group Shot: 1977.858a, 1977.858b
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Mosaic glass inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.