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Fragments of bitumen

A.D. 62–85
FindspotMeroe, Beg. North, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBitumen (?)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.12427
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XVIII. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Mummy of a crocodile
332 B.C.–A.D. 200
Painted cow skull (bucranium)
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Yellow shell
1700–1550 B.C.
Fish bone
1700–1550 B.C.
Mummy of a cat
305–30 B.C.
mummy of a kitten
305–30 B.C.
mummy of a dog
305–30 B.C.
Mummified snakes
305–30 B.C.
Mummy of a kitten
30 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mummy of a cat
664–30 B.C.
Bird mummy in a jar
332 B.C.–364 A.D.