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Four kiln setters or amulets
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma
Medium/Technique
Glazed quartz
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1184a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment
DescriptionFour rough quartz fragments, irregularly covered with blue glaze. From glazing furnaces.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, city, KI. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.