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Fragments of electrum

664–653 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueElectrum
DimensionsThickness: approximately 0.05 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2072
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid V, room A. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 712–698 B.C.
Silver cylinder
263 B.C.–A.D. 248
Electrum fragments
463–435 B.C.
probably 555–542 B.C.
593–568 B.C.