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FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, alabaster, stone, Egyptian blue
DimensionsLength: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.857a
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Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
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ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid LIX. February 1918: 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)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1921)
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
332 B.C.–A.D. 200
5th millennium B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364