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Kohl tube with turned decoration

3rd century A.D.
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsHeight: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1127
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 641. 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)
Combs
2500–2350 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Comb handle with ibex
1550–1070 B.C.