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Crystal discs

Crystal discs

263 B.C.–A.D. 248
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCrystal
DimensionsThickness 0.15 cm (1/16 in.), Diameter 0.75 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-91
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceGebel Barkal; PYR VIII; Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Fragment of crystal
743–698 B.C.
Crystal fragment
463–435 B.C.
Fragment
Fragment
1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 11.388, 11.461, 11.770, 11.514, 11.604, 11.620, 21.2617, 21.3093, 21.2609
Opening of the Mouth cup
2551–2528 B.C.
Tall shouldered jar with lug handles and stand
Tall shouldered jar with lug handles and stand
1550–1070 B.C.
Half of mosaic glass face
Half of mosaic glass face
332–305 B.C.
Inlay
Inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.
Undecorated glass fragment
Undecorated glass fragment
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Inlay plaque of an ape
Inlay plaque of an ape
664–332 B.C.
Fragment of red glass
Fragment of red glass
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Group Shot: 1977.858a, 1977.858b
Inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.
Mosaic glass inlay
Mosaic glass inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.