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 viewClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
Collections
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.
84–69 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
110–90 B.C.
A.D. 266–283
712–690 B.C.
712–690 B.C.
690–653 B.C.
690–653 B.C.