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Bronze and silver fragments

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Atlanersa
653–643 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XLI, stairs in front of door-block

Medium/Technique Bronze, silver
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number18-2-120
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionTwo fragments of bronze wire; several fragments of silver wire; two gilded silver ball beads; several gilded silver cylinder beads; fragments of gilded sheet silver.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XLI (Maletaral I), stairs in front of door-block. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.