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Tall cup fragments
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), W486
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.3234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis group of fragments are from a tall cup that was excavated with four complete vessels of similar type. 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)