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Game pieces

Nubian
Meroitic Period
110 B.C.–A.D. 40
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. West), Pyr. 146

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions 3 x 2.3 cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-335
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionBaked clay playing pieces; fifteen red, and seventeen black
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. West) Pyr. 146, 1921: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.