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Sarcophagus inlays
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid I, inside door-block
Medium/Technique
Amazonite, slate, lapis lazuli, gray stone
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-3-87
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionApproximately fifty-three feather inlays of amazonite; twenty-three rectangular, slate inlays; and numerous rectangular inlays of lapis lazuli and gray stone. All from the sarcophagus of Taharqa.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.