Inscribed silver bowl
664–653 B.C.
FindspotEl Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 12.3 x 18.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.3091
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid 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.
664–653 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
about 643–623 B.C.
mid-1st century A.D.
A.D. 400–699
A.D. 226–651
3rd century B.C.
550–331 B.C.