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Falcon's head

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartzite
DimensionsOverall: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.5786
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus K III, comp. 14/3. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan. (Accession date: December 14, 2004.)
Small fragment of statue
2400–1550 B.C.
Four fragments
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Fragments of faience figures, boatmen etc.  14-2-313b (=MFA 20.1306); 13-12-695 (=MFA 20.1308);…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Stone objects
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Block fragment
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Half a brick
2400–1550 B.C.