Military ration token

Slightly concave-convex. Inscription on concave face giving date, year 23 Amenemhat III and the number 70. “Ded” sign in black ink; on reverse “Nefer” sign.

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat III ca. 1860-1814 BC.

Wood (Cilician fir, Abies cilicica). From Uronarti Island, Halfa Province, Sudan. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1924. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 24.732