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Eye inlays
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XXXV, room A
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Length x thickness: 1.6 x 0.4 cm (5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-4-174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Fragments
DescriptionTwo eye whites with flattened areas where the pupils would originally have been attached; traces of blue paste on the reverse.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 35 (tomb of an unidentified queen). 1917: 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.