Agate cup
743–664 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 3.5 x 7.3 cm (1 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.300.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 4 (tomb of Queen Khensa). 1919: 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.
2061–1640 B.C.
743–664 B.C.
A.D. 364–476
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
664–525 B.C.
332 B.C.–337 A.D.
