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Lid shaped from a vessel fragment
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1000
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5027
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is a large circular lid shaped from a fragment of a pottery vessel. One side is red polished/burnished. It has a slight concavity due to the portion of the original vessel from which the source fragment broke off.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1000. 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)