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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 view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
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)
a-b
2061–1640 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector fragments
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger hilt
2400–1550 B.C.
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364