Auloi fragments
50 B.C.–1 A.D.
FindspotBeg., Meroë, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, ivory, bone, wood
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1821
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg., N 6. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan. (Field nos. 21-3-350, 21-3-702).
16th century
3rd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
before 1879
early 20th century
about 800 B.C.