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Fragments of color

90–50 B.C.
FindspotMeroe, Beg. West, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueColor
Dimensions2.0 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm (13/16 x 5/8 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number22-1-594d
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. West, Pyramid XVIII, January 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
110–10 B.C.
110–10 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.