Ring on toe bone
2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory and human bone
DimensionsOverall: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1556
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, KN175x. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
332 B.C.–A.D. 364
1550–1070 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
3850–2960 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2040-1640 B.C.