Advanced Search 
Eye inlay in bronze frame
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Nasakhma or Malowiebamani
468–435 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XXXI, room A
Medium/Technique
Alabaster and bronze
Dimensions
Length: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number18-3-126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionIris inlay 18-3-120 fits perfectly into this eye; packed together. Likely from a sarcophagus(?).
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 31 (Saka'aye), room A. 1918: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.