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Fragment of electrum

664–653 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueElectrum
DimensionsLength: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.1890
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 16 (tomb of Tanwetamani). 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.
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.