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Eye and eyebrow inlay (from a coffin)
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of an unidentified ruler
519–487 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. S. 69
Medium/Technique
Bronze and Alabaster
Dimensions
7 x 2.4 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12280
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
Descriptiona). pair of eye inlays from a mummy, with pupils of alabaster enclosed in bronze frames, remains of stucco behind and on edges. b). bronze eybrow from eye inlay
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid S69. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.