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Inscribed silver tablet

Nubian
Napatan Period
about 643–623 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, NW corner of pyramid XXIV, tomb of Nasalsa

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 1 cm (1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.624
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionSilver; inscribed on one side; from a foundation deposit.
ProvenanceFound under N. W. corner of Pyramid XXIV at Nuri, the Tomb of Queen Nasalsa.
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.