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Fragment of electrum

353–340 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueElectrum
DimensionsLength x width: 4.6 x 1.7 cm (1 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-3-406
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XIV (Akhratan). 1917: 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.