Fragments of a cylinder sheath
about 550 B.C.
Object PlaceNuri, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueGold/electrum
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number18-3-109
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Not on viewClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
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ProvenanceFrom Nuri pyr. 27 room B. 1918: 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.
about 712–698 B.C.
263 B.C.–A.D. 248
664–653 B.C.
664–653 B.C.
353–340 B.C.
463–435 B.C.
probably 555–542 B.C.