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
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On viewClassificationsSculpture
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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.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2625–2500 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
150–50 B.C.
3200–2800 B.C.