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Tall cup
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), W486
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 12.5 cm (3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.3212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is one of four tall cups (plus fragments of fifth) that were found together. Red ware, coarse, straw-marked, uneven, broken, red-washed rim.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe W486. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession Date: August 22, 2006)
(Accession Date: August 22, 2006)