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Incised black-topped redware jar
Nubian
A-Group to C-Group
3100–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 6.8 cm (5 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3514
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis black-topped redware jar has very slight shoulders, a base that comes to a rounded point, and an unworked rim. Incised lines applied to the surface may be a potmark or possibly decoration representing stylized botanical motif.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Egypt). 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)