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Charred nuts

860–840 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueNut
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2227
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Tum. 1. 1919: 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.

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