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Large globular redware jar
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus IV, grave 405
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 16.3 cm (10 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3417
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis large globular jar has somewhat low-set shoulders that narrow gradually to a wide mouth with short, thick, straight rim. It has been treated with a red slip (partly worn away) that shows signs of having been burnished/polished. Potions of the rim have broken off, though some fragments remain. The jar has several cracks, one of which is very prominent.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus IV, grave 405. 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 the Sudan.
(Accession date: July 14, 2006)
(Accession date: July 14, 2006)