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Large shouldered jar
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1050
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4037
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis large jar has very subtle shoulders that narrow to a somewhat contricted neck. The uppermost portion is broken off at the point of constriction above the shoulders. The base is rounded and the sides widen gradually to the shoulders before a sharper grade to the neck/rim. Several fragments of the neck and rim remain, enough to indicate that the jar had a fairly short straight neck with a folded rim. The exterior has is treated with a white wash.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1050. 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: August 10, 2006)
(Accession date: August 10, 2006)