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Shell fragments

about 690–664 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2390
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) el-Kurru, pyramid III, A & B. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Yellow shell
1700–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Shell
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
Bivalve shell
2040–1640 B.C.
750–250 B.C.