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Bronze handles

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid I, IE

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Height x width: 6 x 11--15 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/16--5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-3-99
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment

DescriptionEight loop-handles.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.