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Group shot: 24.750-2
Stone weight for weighing gold
Group shot: 24.750-2

Stone weight for weighing gold

1971–1550 B.C.
FindspotUronarti, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSerpentine
DimensionsHeight x length x width: 4.2 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.750
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Uronarti Island, Halfa Province. 1924: 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.
(Accession date: January 1, 1924)