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Box fragment

3rd century A.D.
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueWood and ivory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Length: 19.2 cm; W. 11 cm
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1126
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 60. 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)
Box
4th - 7th century A.D.
Group shot: 13.4363, 13.4200, 20.1494, 40.469
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Pegged inlay
2040–about 1640 B.C.
Furniture inlay
883–612 B.C.
Furniture inlay
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.920-1
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.920-1
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.922-3
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.922-3
883–612 B.C.