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Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic Cemetery, grave 15
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4761
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionShort, rimless neck, burnished black ware, elaborately decorated with incised lines.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, grave 15/1. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession Date: August 31, 2006)
(Accession Date: August 31, 2006)