Leg from a funerary bed
712–698 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x width x thickness: 56.1 x 13 x 30.5 cm (22 1/16 x 5 1/8 x 12 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.2815
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, tomb 72. 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.
(Accession date: December 31, 1921)
(Accession date: December 31, 1921)
664–525 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
698–690 B.C.
A.D. 364–476
7th century B.C.
305–30 B.C.
1st century A.D.