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Ball

about 690–664 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsDiameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2388
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
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.
Group shot:  03.1383, 03.1386, 03.1388, 03.1390, 03.1392, 03.1398, 03.1436, 03.1458, 03.1460, 0…
3650–3300 B.C.
Serrated knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Celt
4500–3800 B.C.
Celt
4500–3800 B.C.
Stone tools
pre-Badarian, Merimda culture 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Flake blade
probably Hissar I A, before 4300 B.C.
Blade
5th millennium B.C.