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110–10 B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Beg., Nubia (Sudan)
Object PlaceNubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueColor
DimensionsOverall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Overall: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23-1-14a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W 165. January, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
110–10 B.C.
90–50 B.C.
Inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.
Undecorated glass fragment
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Fragment of red glass
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Group Shot: 1977.858a, 1977.858b
3rd to 1st century B.C.
Mosaic glass inlay
3rd to 1st century B.C.