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.)
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 viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
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)
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
2061–1640 B.C.
about 2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
2400–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
650–950
