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Miniature/model jar

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid XVII

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Height: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.1875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSmall black ware pot, flat base, large high shoulders, no rim, narrow cavity.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 17 (tomb of Piankhy). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession Date: January 7, 2005)