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Jar

Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanitenmemide
A.D. 60–62
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. N), Pyramid 17

Medium/Technique Pottery
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2731
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThis is one of thirty large red-poished jars fond in the pyramid.
ProvenanceFrome Meroe (Beg. N), pyramid 17 (tomb of Amanitenmemide). 1921: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession Date: May 19, 2006)