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Ivory inlay of a turtle
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Tumulus K XV, Chapel D
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Width x Depth x Height x thickness: 3.2 x 6.3 x 0.2 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11801
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionThis ivory inlay piece is in the shape of a turtle. Such inlays were used to decorate wooden fixtures such as funerary bed. It is nearly complete, missing only outer portions of the legs. The eyes are bored into the surface.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus K XV, Chapel D. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan in the division of finds.
(Accession Date: MArch 25, 1992)
(Accession Date: MArch 25, 1992)