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Inlay eyes from coffin

593–568 B.C
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
FindspotNuri, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze, travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsHeight x length: 20 × 55 cm (7 7/8 × 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2029a-d
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
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)