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Fragment of a stone vessel

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid I, IE

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Length x width x thickness: 3.5 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-3-175
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 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 the Sudan.