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Cylinder sheath
Cylinder sheath

Cylinder sheath

593–568 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsHeight: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.340
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
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, 1921)