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Sarcophagus inlays
Sarcophagus inlays

Sarcophagus inlays

568–555 B.C.
Object Place for LabelNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAmazonite, stone, red jasper, slate, sandstone, serpentine
DimensionsLengths: 1.4--4.3 cm (9/16--1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-1-408
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid IX (Aramatelka), room C. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.