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Large (majority) fragment of a circular spiral-rilled redware tray
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1900, debris
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4985
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis large fragment is the majority of a circular tray with a rilled spiral pattern covering one entire surface; the opposite surface is not rilled. The tray does not sit flat, rather it is somewhat warped. It is one of four excavated together, some of which were fragmentary.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1900, debris. 1914: 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: September 14, 2006)
(Accession Date: September 14, 2006)