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

The Ancient World

Classifications

Fragments

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