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Eye inlay
Eye inlay

Eye inlay

542–538 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueObsidian, travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsLength: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-3-149
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XVIII (Analmaaye), room B. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.