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Lid
Nubian
Kerma
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5237
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis disc-shaped lid is fashioned of a reddish clay fabric that has blackened in some areas. The clay has a notable proportion of straw/chaff temper voids. Both sides are flat. The lid is well shaped and appears to have been made as a lid rather than shaped out of a fragment broken from a pottery vessel (as was sometimes done).
ProvenanceFrom Kerma. 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 25, 2006)
(Accession Date: September 25, 2006)