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Ivory inlay of Taweret

Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt

Medium/Technique Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 4.3 x 0.3 cm (4 1/4 x 1 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1503
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture

DescriptionTaweret inlay figure with sword, facing right. In fragments but nearly complete.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tomb K 439, January 1914. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition and assigned to the MFA by the Sudanese government.