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Eye inlay
Eye inlay

Eye inlay

690–664 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCopper, gold, travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsWidth x length: 2.5 x 6.6 cm (1 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.956
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 35 (tomb of an unknown queen). 1918: 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)