Kohl pot lid
3rd century A.D.
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueWood and ivory
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 4.5 x 4.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1124
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 116. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
2061–1640 B.C.
about 2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
650–950
