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Pierced mud ball
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, Magazine W I
Medium/Technique
Mud
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 1.9 x 2.9 cm (3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number28.1250.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
DescriptionRoughly shaped cylinder of mud, pierced; possibly and loom weight or bead.
ProvenanceFrom Semna, Magazine W I, debris. 1928: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.