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Lid shaped from a vessel fragment
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, 33A?
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5025
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is a poorly shaped circular lid (or, less likely, a token) shaped from a fragment of a red polished pottery vessel. It has a slight concavity due to the portion of the original vessel from which the source fragment broke off. It is chipped.
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)