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Eye inlays
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shabaka
698–690 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 62
Medium/Technique
Bronze, faience, obsidian
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2749
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Fragments
DescriptionEight intact eyes with bronze frames and white faience interiors. Also, three faience eye-whites without frames, one eye-white fragment, one obsidian pupil and one additional fragment of alabaster (eyebrow?).
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid 62. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.