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Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, W313 debris

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 6.9 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.3280
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionCup, fine drab ware, red lip outside and purplish horizontal and two bands of decoration stamped and colored red. In fragments.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. W), 313, debris. 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 28, 2006)