Basin
1st century BCE
Dimensions
20.7 x 37.8 x 35.4 cm (8 1/8 x 14 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Excavated from Grave 115 by Oric Bates and Dows Dunham at Gammai, Sudan (1915-1916). Natica Bates, Groton, MA (by 1924), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1924.
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