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Fabric and bead fragments

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCopper, electrum, linen, leather
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1223
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Tumulus III, K318:13. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Hieroglyph on inside jamb
Canopy of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
2575–2551 B.C.
Group shot: 38.873, 29.1858, 29.1859, 39.746, 38.957
Armchair of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
2575–2528 B.C.
Swords and daggers (Kerma) (good). 14-3-840 (=MFA 20.1557a-b), 14-2-965 (=MFA 20.1563a-b), 14-2…
Dagger with pommel and scabbard
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Kerma, Cemetery KN: daggers and axes from graves nos. KN 99 (?), 118 (16-4-1327, MFA), 153 (16-…
Dagger blade, pommel and sheath
2400–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 38.873, 29.1858, 29.1859, 39.746, 38.957
Bed of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
William Arnold Stewart
2575–2528 B.C.
Salt Notes
Salt Notes
James Brown
1990
Fragments of mummy wrappings
2632–2510 B.C.
Textile
Textile
1550–1070 B.C.
Mummy bandage of Hepmeneh
Mummy bandage of Hepmeneh
305–30 B.C.
Piece of linen
Folded pad of inscribed linen
Folded pad of inscribed linen
2532–2510 B.C.