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Remains of trappings
Nubian
Meroitic Period
A.D. 90–246
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Beg. West, Pyramid 114
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
16.0 x 19.1 x 0.1 cm (6 5/16 x 7 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-1-564a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Animal-related
DescriptionLower part of triangular bronze plate four rivets (obj. reg. says 9) by which if it was fastened (presumably to cloth). Surface decorated with a number of incised concentric circles
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. West), 114 1921: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.