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Collared globular jar with incised decoration
Nubian
Middle Kerma
about 2050–1700 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery M, grave 4
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 16.6 x 12.8 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3301
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis squat globular jar has high-set shoulders, a rounded base, and a flat collar around its mouth. Immediately below the collar is a band band of vertical zigzag lines. Extending from this band down to the shoulders of the jar are fairly evenly spaced triangles filled with horizontal hatched lines.]
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery M, grave 4. 1915: 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: July 7, 2006)
(Accession date: July 7, 2006)