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Fragments of a vessel

Nubian
Early Napatan Period
840–820 B.C.
Object Place: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, tomb 19

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 96 x 45 cm (1 3/4 x 37 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2539
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSeven bags of fragments, Seventy-seven fragments total.

One is a fragment of an alabaster vessel with the wrong handle attached.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 19. 1919: 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: January 7, 2005)