Glazed steatite rod
2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGlazed steatite
DimensionsLength: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-20
On View
Not on viewClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, mastaba 2001, debris cast out by tomb robbers. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
743–712 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.