VesselsMeroitic4th-5th century CE

Bowl

4th-5th century CE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast and hammered

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Meroitic

Period

Meroitic period

Century

4th-5th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.2 x 11.2 cm (2 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Excavated from Grave 102sub 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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