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Vessel - unknown nature
Nubian
Meroitic Period
90–50 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe Begarawiyah, W5
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-1-154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionVessel of unknown nature. Found inside 23-1-153 to which part of it still adheres. Seive base of disc form; tapering cylindrical body smaller at top; made of piece of metal folded over and soldered. Disc cap at top with hole, through which projects long tube(now in pieces)to the top where a rectangular plate with central hole was attached. (Dow Dunham 's book identifies it as a bronze sprinkler with perforated base.) Also found with vessel - a bead fragment and one piece of wood
ProvenanceExcavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan. January, 1923