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Lid
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, 33A
Medium/Technique
sandstone
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5038
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is a disc-shaped lid made of graying sandstone with buff to pink highlights. One side is flat, while the opposite is convex. It is slightly irregular in its shaping.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, 3A. 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 19, 2006)
(Accession Date: September 19, 2006)