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Ram's head and ivory horn - guards
Ram's head and ivory horn - guards
Object Number 15-12-50/B1358
Display Title Ram's head and ivory horn - guards
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone faunal remain, ram's skull, 1 horn gone, ivory/jawbone separate
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Kingdom
  • Hyksos
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite KX, Grave 1042
Materials Bone, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 27 x 26 cm (4 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 7 and debris
Label on object B1358; Su 923
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1913)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)
Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1929)

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