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FindspotUronarti, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBluish stone
DimensionsOther: 1.5 x 2 x 2.3 cm, 15.3 gm (9/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1696
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Uronarti, Room 48. 1928: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Stamp seal
625–539 B.C.
Cylinder seal
625–539 B.C.
Stamp seal
625–539 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
View: Side 2
900–600 B.C.
Stone buttons or studs
1000–800 B.C.
Flake
probably Hissar I A-B, before 4300 B.C.
Blade
20000–5500 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
2575–2323 B.C.