Eye inlays from a coffin
664–270 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze; travertine (Egyptian alabaster); obsidian (?)
DimensionsLength (a) x Length (b): 7.2 x 7.6cm (2 13/16 x 3in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.855a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid 54 (Queen Malaqaye), chamber A debris. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan; 1921: received by the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1921)
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