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Bridle ornament

A.D. 62–85
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1057
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid Beg. N. 18 (tomb of Queen Amanikhatashan). 1921: 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 23, 1924)
Kohl stick
568–555 B.C.
Nail
about 632–568 B.C.
Nail
593–568 B.C.
Bridle ring
A.D. 62–85
Bridle ring
A.D. 62–85
Kohl stick
435–405 B.C.
Strainer
4th century B.C.
Bell
0–A.D. 20