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Globular jar
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K 1613
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 14.6 x 10.3 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3545
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis globular jar has a rounded base and an almost straight profile, but for slight narrowing in the upper body that widens again to a straight, unworked rim.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1613 (found under object 1613/11). 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 19, 2006)
(Accession date: July 19, 2006)