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Offering tray
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, W259 debris
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 16.7 x 25 cm (2 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.3337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionOffering dish, ankh sign. Red brown ware, black centered, straw marked. Imprint of matting underneath. Also fragments of another matting pattern underneath.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W259 (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 31, 2006)
(Accession Date: August 31, 2006)