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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, slate
DimensionsLength (beryl): 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Length (slate): 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number17-1-231
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid IX (Aramatelka), room B. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.