Censer
Gallery Location
Galleries of Africa: Nubia
Medium
Bronze
Geography
Excavated at Gebel Adda, Egypt (ancient Nubia)
Date
c. 250-400 AD
Period
Post-Meroitic Period
Dimensions
4 x 8.6 cm
Object number
973.24.332
Credit Line
Gift of the National Geographic Society
Field Collector
Dr. Nicholas B. Millet
ROM Staff, 1970-1994
Cataloguer
Gayle Gibson
ROM Staff, 1990-2015; ROM Volunteer 2015-Present
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Description
This attractive bronze censer was found in Tomb 155 of Cemetery I at the site of Gebel Adda. This site, which had been continuously inhabited for over a thousand years, is now beneath the waters of Lake Nasser / Lake Nubia. Many of the graves in this cemetery were those of rulers and a wealthy elite, and though looted in ancient times, still contained many valuable grave goods, such as this.
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