Gold wire from a foundation deposit
90–50 B.C.
Object PlaceMeroe, Begarawiyah West, Sudan (Nubia)
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsDiameter: 0.2 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.793
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West, Pyramid 12, foundation deposit, S.E. January 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
570–526 B.C.
623–593 B.C.
568–555 B.C.
760–660 B.C.
570 B.C.
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698–690 B.C.
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185–170 B.C.