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Head of a statue of Dionysos
Head of a statue of Dionysos

Head of a statue of Dionysos

150–50 B.C.
FindspotMeröe (Begrawiya), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, silver, shell
DimensionsHeight: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.957
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceDecember, 1921, excavated at Meroe, North Cemetery, Pyramid Beg. N 5 (tomb of Prince Arikankharer), Chamber A by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924, assigned in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan to the MFA.