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Ivory inlay of two goats feeding on a tree
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, tomb K 439
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 7.5 x 10.8 x 0.3 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionThis object includes fragments of an ivory inlay depicting a scene of two goats flanking (and feeding from) a tree, one of several similar inlays from the same tomb. Such inlays would have adorned a wooden fixture such as a funerary bed. The surviving fragments do not comprise a complete piece.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tomb K 439. 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)