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.)
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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Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
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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.
1390–1352 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1352–1336 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
100–299
568–555 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
760–525 B.C.
760–660 B.C.