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Agate cup

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)–Taharqa
743–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Ku 4 (Queen Khensa)

Medium/Technique Agate
Dimensions Height x diameter: 3.5 x 7.3 cm (1 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.300.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionAgate cup with brown and white veins.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 4 (tomb of Queen Khensa). 1919: 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.