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Inscribed magic brick with gilding

593–568 B.C.
Object PlaceNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueStone
Dimensions8.9 x 5.4 x 2 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number18-3-204 (?)
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom: Nuri, Pyramid 8. 1918: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, January, 1917; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.