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Organic fragments and insect casing

about 2050–1700 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOrganic material
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-2-182
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KB 92. 1915: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
743–712 B.C.
538–519 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 2050–1700 B.C.
about 2050–1700 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2050–1700 B.C.
30 B.C.–364 A.D.
Mummy of a kitten
30 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mummy of a cat
664–30 B.C.
Mummy of an ibis
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364