Banded plaquette with a hieroglyphic base
743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsOverall: 1.2 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm (1/2 x 1 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.931
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSeals
Collections
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 51 (tomb of an unidentified queen of Piankhy). 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: April 1, 1924)
(Accession Date: April 1, 1924)
883–612 B.C.
after 323 B.C.
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651
550–331 B.C.
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651
1595–1157 B.C.
1595–1157 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
A.D. 226–651