Folding stool (reconstruction)
1st century A.D.
Object PlaceMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
FindspotMeroe (Beg.), Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueWood, bronze and silver
DimensionsHeight: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.152
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. Tomb W 415 no. 1. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
A.D. 364–476
99–84 B.C.
A.D. 90–246
249 B.C.–A.D. 224
A.D. 90–246
7th century B.C.
305–30 B.C.
712–698 B.C.
664–525 B.C.