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Plaque with wedjat eye
Nubian
Napatan Period
about 540–535 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Length: .039 and .04 W. .033 and .032
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.703
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionIvory; sacred eye incised on one side. Broken.
ProvenanceFound in Tomb of Nalmaaya (Pyramid XVIII at Nuri), March 1917:Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.