Inscribed shell-shaped stone
743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSteatite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 1.7 x 2.5 cm (11/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.942
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Not on viewClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
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ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 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.
(Accession date: March 1, 1919)
(Accession date: March 1, 1919)
2040–1783 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
305–30 B.C.