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Cylinder sheath of King Aspelta
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Aspelta
593–568 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan
Medium/Technique
Gilded silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 12.2 x 3 cm (4 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11732
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
DescriptionA rosette appears on the bottom. The lower cylinder shows the winged goddess Isis between crouching figures of the gods Montu of Thebes (falcon-headed) and Chnum-Re of Elephantine (ram-headed). On the upper cylinder, ram's heads occur, along with a crouching figure of the god Khonsu (falcon-headed, with crescent moon and lunar disk), and a uraeus frieze above. (Sudan catalogue)
Gold cylinder sheath in two parts, originally mounted on silver, now mounted on modern silver cylinders, top part with repoussé decorations, lower part with engraved decorations including cartouches of Aspelta. Few fragments missing; bottom with rosette pattern complete. See also 21.11744. (Card)
Gold cylinder sheath in two parts, originally mounted on silver, now mounted on modern silver cylinders, top part with repoussé decorations, lower part with engraved decorations including cartouches of Aspelta. Few fragments missing; bottom with rosette pattern complete. See also 21.11744. (Card)
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid Nu 8, Chamber A. April, 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan; 1921: received by the MFA.
(Accession date: April 1, 1916)
(Accession date: April 1, 1916)