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Pierced mud balls
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, East West Cross street
Medium/Technique
Mud
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 2.5 x 3.4 cm (1 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.2088
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
Description11 mud balls, pierced, roughly cylindrical, smallest not pierced.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Semna, East West Cross street. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.