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Bronze fragments

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Grave 55

Medium/Technique Bronze
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2735
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DescriptionFour fragments of sheet bronze: three are pierced with nails and one has only a pierced hole.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 55. 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.

(Accession date: January 7, 2005)