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Silver horse trappings

A.D. 215–225
Object PlaceNubia, Sudan
Object Place for LabelMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueGilded silver
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 3.1 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1815
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid Beg. N. 16. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924, assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan