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Alabaster vessel rim fragment

Nubian or Egyptian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KIII St. 1/3

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Overall: 1.5 x 2 x 2.5 cm (9/16 x 13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5777
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionOne small alabaster vessel fragment with a portion of the flat rim remaining.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, III St. 1/3. 1914: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.