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Lid shaped from a vessel fragment
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K 33A?
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5024
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is a poorly shaped circular lid (or, less likely, a token) formed from a fragment of a pottery vessel with a red wash/polish. It has a slight concavity due to the portion of the original vessel from which the source fragment broke off. The vessel fragment was also from section of recurve or narrowing.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, 33A?. 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)