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Offering table

Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Teqerideamani
A.D. 90–114
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia

Medium/Technique Sandstone
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 8 x 49 cm (15 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.872
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionRectangular with spout. Bordering Meroitic inscription. In field crude relief scene: Nephthys and Anubis pouring libations on a table. (tomb of King Teqerideamani).
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyr. Beg. N 28. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.