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Horn protector

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, organics/wood?
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1450
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1603-3x. February 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)
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protectors
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protectors
about 1700–1550 B.C.
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2061–1640 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector fragments
about 1700–1550 B.C.