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Globular black-topped redware jar with incised decoration
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 10 cm (7 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3389
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis globular black-topped redware jar has high shoulders, a rounded base, and a straight neck ending at a thin straight rim with a slight outward pull. Two bands of incised decoration of stippled lines are on the upper body. Around the rim is a band of alternating pairs of opposing, slanted lines, while th etop of the shoulders carries a band or irregular "x" hatches that form a zigzag pattern. The black top was attained by turning the jar over in the firing process to place the upper portion in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere of burning organics/ash.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave . 1914: 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 12, 2006)
(Accession date: July 12, 2006)