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Inlays
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of unknown ruler
369–340 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Beg. South, Pyramid XXIV
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Thoeris figure: H 9.2 cm. 11.2 cm. with tang. Ducks on columns: H 8.8+ cm. Bes figure: H 9.1 cm. 11.3 cm with tang
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11961
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionInlays in various forms and figures, at least two Bes figures, two ducks, fragile condition.
Inlays are: 102 square + many fragmentss, more than sixty-nine triangular, few triangles are inlaid in a curving surface. Six v-shaped inlays in a curving surface. more than thirteen are petal shaped. One broken, (perhaps frame for rectangular inlays with sunk rectangular space). Taweret figure, tang at top, peg under base. ducks on columns, tang on bottom of one column and on top of duck's head, same column, two capitals. Bes figure.
Inlays are: 102 square + many fragmentss, more than sixty-nine triangular, few triangles are inlaid in a curving surface. Six v-shaped inlays in a curving surface. more than thirteen are petal shaped. One broken, (perhaps frame for rectangular inlays with sunk rectangular space). Taweret figure, tang at top, peg under base. ducks on columns, tang on bottom of one column and on top of duck's head, same column, two capitals. Bes figure.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid XXIV 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.