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Mineral pigments

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsOther: 3.5 x 1.4 x 6 cm (1 3/8 x 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1425
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K XXXIII A, debris. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession date: December 14, 2004)
Stone weight?
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
800–780 B.C.
712–698 B.C.
743–698 B.C.
Natural stone
0–A.D. 20
690–664 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
Pebbles
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Seashell
before 4300 B.C.