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Millefiore vessel fragments
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. N. VI
Medium/Technique
Glass
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21-3-712p
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Fragments
DescriptionFour small pieces of millefiore glass; dark purple or black with yellow and gray decoration. One piece is a rim and another a shoulder. [The rim piece is pictured in negative B5395; a print of this is labeled with field numbers and attributes it to 21-3-711]
Excavated by the HU-MFA expedition to Meroe.
Excavated by the HU-MFA expedition to Meroe.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Meroe (Beg. N.), Tomb 6. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.