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North and south walls from a royal pyramid chapel

about A.D. 225–246
FindspotMeroe (Beg. West), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueSandstone
DimensionsOverall: 152.4 x 243.8 cm (60 x 96 in.)
Framed (24.1793-a Steel frame palette base /Unistrut connnection): 119.4 x 243.8 x 43.2 cm (47 x 96 x 17 in.)
Framed (24.1793-b Steel palette frame base with unistrut connection): 146.7 x 241.3 x 43.2 cm (57 3/4 x 95 x 17 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1793
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Meroë, pyramid Beg. N. 51, chapel. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.