Glass fragment
Nubian
Meroitic Period
about 0–A.D. 20
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. N.), Tomb 5
Accession Number
21-12-32a-b
Medium or Technique
Glass
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
8 Fragments of white glass, heavily encrusted. One further piece might be ivory.
Provenance
From Nubia, Meroe (Beg. N.), Tomb 5. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition