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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.)
Four fragments
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Fragment of sculpture
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.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.