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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, jasper, slate, serpentine(?)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number18-2-584
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid IX (Aramatelka), dump debris. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.