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Box, in six pieces

100 B.C.–A.D. 300

FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)

Medium/TechniqueIvory and Ebony

Dimensionsa: 24.5 cm; b: 16.0 cm; c: 14.3 cm; d: 16.2 cm; e: 15.9 cm; f: 19.8 cm x 9.5 cm

Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange

Accession number1991.1125a-f

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ClassificationsFurniture

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Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ProvenanceFrom Karanog. 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)