Three Ivory Burial Bed Inlays of an Elephant, Winged Giraffe, and Taweret / Classic Kerma; Creation date: 1700-1630 BCE

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Work Title: Three Ivory Burial Bed Inlays of an Elephant, Winged Giraffe, and Taweret
Creator/Culture: Culture: Nubian
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Tombs K 439 and K1043, South Cemetery, Kerma (Ash-Shamālīyah, Sudan); Repository: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) ID: 13.4212, ?, 20.2027
Period/Date: Classic Kerma; Creation date: 1700-1630 BCE
Media/Technique: ivory
Subjects: Africa; Nubia; Ivories; Inlays; Elephants; Giraffes; Egyptian gods
Work Record ID: 543798
Image Record ID: 1297531
Digital filename: 07vm079366
Classification Filing Number: 722.4A; G; 69BIW; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 220840
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:00:02

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2682 x 1587
File Size: 566 KB
Record: 1297531
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1297531/07vm079366

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1297531. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1297531/07vm079366. April 25, 2024.