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Cylindrical vessel or stand(?) fragment

about 750 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueRed stone?
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.5414
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, Building B 500 (Great Temple of Amun), Room 502 (inner court), Ex. 4, debris. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.

(Accession Date: September 29, 2006)
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Cylinder seal
3100–2900 B.C.
Stamp seal
3500–2700 B.C.
Fragment of sandstone
750–250 B.C.
Amulet
404–353 B.C.
696–664 B.C.
Foundation deposit
510–487 B.C.
Rectangular tablet
431–405 B.C.