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Eye and eyebrow inlay (from a coffin)

519–487 B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze and Alabaster
Dimensions7 x 2.4 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.12280
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid S69. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
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