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Cylinder sheath
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Senkamanisken
643–623 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 12.2 × 3.4 cm (4 13/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11742
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
DescriptionSilver cylinder sheath with small traces of gilding (now mounted on modern silver cylinders) in two parts: top part with repoussé and engraved decorations, lower part with engraved decorations including cartouche of Senkamaniskeñ; fragmentary, many parts missing. Bottom with engraved rosette reserved. See also 21.11744.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid 3 (tomb of Senkamanisken). 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 Sudan.