Quiver
mid-2nd–early 4th century
Object PlaceMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
FindspotMeroe (Beg.), Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsLength x diameter: 42.3 x 10 cm (16 5/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.963.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, west cemetery, tomb W. 122. 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
900–600 B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
7th–4th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
883–612 B.C.