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Headrest base

FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions3.7 x 10 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-266
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, terrace debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Headrest
2500–2350 B.C.
Headrest
1550–1070 B.C.
Headrest
2246–2152 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.
Model headrest
2010–1961 B.C.
Model headrest
2010–1961 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
2649–2134 B.C.
Top of a headrest
2040–1783 B.C.