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Miniature globular jar with incised decoration
Nubian
A-Group to C-Group
3100–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Dakka, Cemetery 101, Grave 588
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 5.8 cm (4 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3528
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis small, slipped redware globular jar has a rounded base and straight neck with a small crudely modeled lip. It has been decorated with an incised pattern of triple-line decoration that forms a horizontal band of adjoining diamond shapes around the upper portion. Straight, vertical appendages of triple lines extend downward from some of the diamonds. Numerous burn and ash marks discolor the body.
ProvenanceFrom Dakka (ASN 101/588). 1910. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.
(Accession Date: July 6, 2006)
(Accession Date: July 6, 2006)