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Horn protectors

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, organic remains
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 4.6 x 3.3 cm (1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1451a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1620x. February 1914: 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; 1920: Received by the MFA.

(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Mummy of an ibis
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364
Mummy of a kitten
30 B.C.–A.D. 200