Spouted silver cup
664–653 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 4.9 × 10 cm (1 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.3092
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.
A.D. 226–651
3rd century B.C.
550–331 B.C.
about A.D. 700–799
664–653 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
about 643–623 B.C.
mid-1st century A.D.
