Two-handled cup (kantharos)
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
FindspotMeroe (Beg. West), Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions7.4 x 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.876
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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Provenance1922, excavated at Meroe, Beg. West 106, by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924, assigned in the division of finds by the government of Sudan to the MFA.
664–653 B.C.
664–653 B.C.
about 643–623 B.C.
mid-1st century A.D.
A.D. 400–699
A.D. 226–651
3rd century B.C.
550–331 B.C.