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Lumps
Nubian
Meroitic Period
90–50 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. West, Pyramid XVIII
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-1-594f
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
DescriptionSeveral lumps of yellow-white chalky substance, nature not clear.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West, Pyramid XVIII, January 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.