Spouted silver vessel inscribed for King Senkamanisken
about 643–623 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 16.7 x 17 x 27 cm (6 9/16 x 6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.901
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 8 (tomb of Aspelta). 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.
A.D. 226–651
3rd century B.C.
550–331 B.C.
about A.D. 700–799
664–653 B.C.
664–653 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
mid-1st century A.D.
