Vessel in the shape of a bound oryx
early 7th century B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster),
DimensionsLength: 17.14 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.879
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W.), tomb 609, nos. 1-2-3. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: March 1, 1923)
(Accession date: March 1, 1923)
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