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Large black-topped red polished jar

Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus III, grave 312

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 34.7 x 23.9 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3798
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus III, grave 312. 1913: 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: July 27, 2006)