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Piece of sheet bronze

40 B.C.
FindspotMeroe (Beg.), Nubia
Object PlaceNubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueGlass
Dimensions2.25 x 3.0 cm (7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23-2-60
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W. 335, February, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
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