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Sarcophagus inlays
Sarcophagus inlays

Sarcophagus inlays

690–664 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAmazonite, slate, lapis lazuli, gray stone
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-3-87
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.