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Footboard of bed with inlays

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory and wood
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1494
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma K 449, March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Box
4th - 7th century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
Pegged inlay
2040–about 1640 B.C.
Ivory box/container
3850–2649 B.C.
Star inlay
1550–1295 B.C.
1770–1550 B.C.
Bull's leg
2960–2770 B.C.
Inlay stip
1640–1550 B.C.