Shells
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell and blue faience
DimensionsHeight x length x thickness of largest shell: 1.6 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (5/8 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1545
On View
Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, Tumulus X B/297. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 690–664 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.