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Ivory inlay fragments of unknown objects
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K1600C3
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 1.9 x 3.7 x 0.2 cm (3/4 x 1 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionThese fragments of ivory may be from furniture or box inlays, but their incomplete condition makes this matter unclear. However, likely traces of white plaster on one fragment make make it probable that at least one is the remnant of an inlay piece. Ivory inlay pieces were discovered in the same tomb from which these fragments originated.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1600C3. January 1914: 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.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)