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Eye inlay
Eye inlay

Eye inlay

593–568 B.C.
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster), obsidian
DimensionsLength x thickness: 4.4 x 1.1 cm (1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number18-1-182
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XLII (Asata), entrance to stairs. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.