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Head of a prisoner
Head of a prisoner

Head of a prisoner

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsHeight x depth: 7.5 x 2.3 cm (2 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1305a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Upper Defuffa Chapel K II A no.18. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan; 1920: received by the MFA.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
View: 1979.580a
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1295–1186 B.C.