Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, organic remains
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 4.3 x 4.2 cm (1 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1448
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1803-3x. January 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan; 1920: Received by the MFA.
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
about 2400–1550 B.C.
about 2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 200
664–30 B.C.
2632–2510 B.C.
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364
760 B.C.–A.D. 100