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Eye inlays
Nubian
Napatan Period
Queen Mernua 623–568 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Beg. South, Pyramid 85
Medium/Technique
Bronze and travertine
Dimensions
8.5-8.7
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.1399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionThree mummy eyes, as 23-3-795.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid 85, 1921: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.