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Seed Pod

30 B.C.–364 A.D.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueOrganic material
DimensionsOverall: 2.7 x 1.4 cm (1 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number07-2-43c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Pyramid Temple, Room J1 (J1 = Pillared Hall 27), debris south of third pillar. 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
743–712 B.C.
538–519 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 2050–1700 B.C.
about 2050–1700 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2050–1700 B.C.
Mummy of a kitten
30 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mummy of a cat
664–30 B.C.
Mummy of an ibis
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364