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Cylinder sheath
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Aspelta
593–568 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan
Medium/Technique
Gilded silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 12.8 × 3.3 cm (5 1/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11733
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Function unknown
DescriptionElectrum cylinder sheath, originally mounted on silver, now mounted on modern silver cylinders; in two parts: top part with repoussé decorations, lower part with engraved decorations including cartouches of Aspelta; fragmentary, many parts missing; bottom with rosette and floral pattern preserved. See also 21.11744.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid 8 (Tomb of Aspelta). 1916: 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.