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Shell object

about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOstrich shell
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession numberS14-1-59
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus IV, 433. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Ostrich egg
2323–2040 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ostrich egg fragment
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
A.D. 266–283
Beads
712–690 B.C.
Amulet
712–690 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.