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Fragment of a vessel

698–690 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueClear quartz-rock crystal
DimensionsOverall: 1.5 x 3 x 4 cm (9/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2146
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) el-Kurru, tomb 15; 1919 Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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