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Nut

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/Techniquenut
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 x 3.3 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1412
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 308-1. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
860–840 B.C.
Mummy of a crocodile
332 B.C.–A.D. 200
5th millennium B.C.
Conical loaf of bread
1550–1295 B.C.
Mummy of an ibis
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Mummy of an ibis
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364
760 B.C.–A.D. 100