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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: 4.8 x 3.0 x 0.3 cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1816
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.