Eye inlay from a coffin
568–555 B.C.
Object PlaceNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze, obsidian, faience
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.11917
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceNuri, pyramid 9. 1917:excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
568–555 B.C.
568–555 B.C.
664–270 B.C.
404–353 B.C.
404–353 B.C.
623–568 B.C.
Queen Mernua 623–568 B.C.
555–542 B.C.
519–510 B.C.
555–542 B.C.
593–568 B.C.
Queen Amanitakaye 555–542 B.C.