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Incised blackware jar
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gammai, Mound T, debris
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 17 × 15.7 cm (6 11/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number24.385
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionIncised, blackware globular jar; narrow neck, rolled everted rim. Incised band below the neck, and the body of the vessel features an incised banded pattern apportioned into large triangular areas. Complete; decayed patch on side.
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Mound T, debris, object #R2. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.