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Horn protectors
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K1084
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Height x depth: 6.6 x 3.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1455
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Animal-related
DescriptionThese two ram horn protectors are of long, somewhat irregular proportions. Their general shape is almost conical, with one wider side narrowing along slightly concave sides to an opposite end of smaller diameter. They are capped at the wide ends with ivory discs.
Such items were placed over the tips of animal horns (especially those of rams) to protect people from injury.
Such items were placed over the tips of animal horns (especially those of rams) to protect people from injury.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus 10, grave 1084( 1084:7. 1914: 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; 1920: Received by the MFA.
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)