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Hanging lamp

A.D. 140–155
FindspotMeroe (Beg. North), Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 62 x 12.5 x 39.7 cm (24 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.959
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. North), Pyramid Beg. N 29. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan; 1924: recieved by the MFA.
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