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Eye inlays

404–353 B.C.
FindspotMeroe (Beg.), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAlabaster, obsidian
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23-3-823
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. South). Pyramid 91. 1921: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Eye inlays
623–568 B.C.
Eye inlays
Queen Mernua 623–568 B.C.
435–315 B.C.
Eye inlay
555–542 B.C.
Eye inlay
519–510 B.C.
Eye inlay
593–568 B.C.