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Ostrich eggshell fragments

FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOstrich eggshell
DimensionsLength x width x thickness: 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm (1 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24-3-748c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Semna, S46. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
743–542 B.C.
712–653 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
690–623 B.C.
Bead
750 B.C.–A.D. 320