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Alabastron (bag-shaped vessel) with inlaid gold and silver decoration
Alabastron (bag-shaped vessel) with inlaid gold and silver decoration

Alabastron (bag-shaped vessel) with inlaid gold and silver decoration

593–568 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster), gold, silver, Egyptian blue, carnelian, magnetite, amazonite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 26.5 x 7.8 cm (10 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1070
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Nuri: pyramid 8 (tomb of Aspelta). 1916: 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)