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Black topped convex bowl with incised rim
Nubian
Early Kerma
about 2400–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KN 87/x
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 15 x 22 cm (5 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2032
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThere is a double chevron pattern below the rim of this black-topped redware bowl. The base is rounded, and the rim is plain.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery N, grave 87 (KN 87/X). 1916: 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.
(Accession Date: September 22, 1993)
(Accession Date: September 22, 1993)