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Black polished beaker with incised decoration
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus XB
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 x 11.3 cm (4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2903
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis straight-sided, almost bell-shaped beaker is polished black over its entire surface and decorted with horizontal bands of incised, stippled lines on the body and the base.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus XB (K XB). 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 the Sudan.
(Accession date: June 6, 2006)
(Accession date: June 6, 2006)