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Alabaster object

743–698 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 1.5 x 2.4 cm (9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2593
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Neferukekashta). 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.