Shell fragment
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia
Medium/TechniqueShell
Dimensions3.2 x 4.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-3-350f
On View
Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, between B 704 and cliff. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 690–664 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.