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Ear plug?
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia, Sudan, Gammai, Grave Y3 (?)
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D 0.008+
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number25.508
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionAlabaster.
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), probably Grave Y3, object #R8(?) 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; July 16, 1925: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.