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Globular jar with incised decoration
Nubian
Middle Kerma
about 2050–1700 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery M, grave 431
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 10.8 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3288
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis symmetrical globular, almost spherical jar has a rounded base, no neck, and a rolled rim. Just below the rim the upper portion of the body has been decorated with three lines between two zigzag lines, all of which are rendered by very light stippling. There is a prominent crack in one side of the jar, but it is otherwise intact.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery N, grave 51. 1916: 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 6, 2006)
(Accession date: July 6, 2006)