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Black-polished bowl with white-filled, incised decoration

Nubian
Classic Kerma
Early about 1700–1660 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Egypt, Cemetery S, K 1623

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Height x diameter: 9.8 x 14 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1703
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBlack, incised white filled decoration. In fragments and incomplete.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1623. February, 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.

(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)