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
A.D. 266–283
712–690 B.C.
712–690 B.C.
690–653 B.C.
690–653 B.C.