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Horn protector fragments

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, wood
DimensionsLength x depth: 4 x 0.2 cm (1 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Ostrich Egg Shell: Overall: 0.8 x 0.2 x 1.7 cm (5/16 x 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1445
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K433. January 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.

(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
a-b
2061–1640 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
Dagger hilt
2400–1550 B.C.
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364