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Head of a ram

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz
DimensionsHeight x width x thickness: 9.4 x 10.6 x 8.3 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1180
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ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Tum. K III, Comp. 17/3. December, 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
CopyrightPhotographer: Jurgen Liepe