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Globular blackware jar with incised decoration
Nubian
C-Group
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Ginari, Cemetery 58, Grave 108
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 8.3 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3513
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis jar, fashioned of blackware, is of globular shape with a short, concave neck and outwardly pulled bevelled rim. Along the top of the shoulder a band of incised vertical zigzag lines has been added.
ProvenanceFrom Gennari (West bank) (ASN 58/108) 1908. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.
(Accession Date: July 5, 2006)
(Accession Date: July 5, 2006)