VesselsGraeco-Roman1st century BCE

Basin

1st century BCE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Graeco-Roman

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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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