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Cup
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shabaka
698–690 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Grave 72
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 7.3 x 5.4 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2782
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis slender cup (or miniature beaker) is fashioned of a buff-colored clay. It has a rounded base with slightly expanding sides that end at a wide mouth with thin, straight rim. Walls are thin. It was once in fragments but has been mended. Some very small fragments are missing.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, grave 72. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.