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Bone fragment
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid I, inside door-block
Medium/Technique
Bone
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-3-83
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsOrganic remains
DescriptionFragment of a human leg bone (Taharqa's?), (long bone shaft fragment, burnt or stained black).
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.