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Crumpled gold foil fragmetns
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, PYR VIII
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Fills one large flat grey box 12 x 12 x 1 inch
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.16766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Fragments
DescriptionLarge quantitly crumpled gold foil. With it are a bone, some green stone (felspar?) inlay fragments, and a broken piece of green glass.
ProvenanceGebel Barkal PYR VIII; Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.