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Mixed red washed and blackware vessel fragments
Nubian
Meroitic Period reign of Nawidemak
about 90–50 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, Pyramid 6 (Nawidemak)
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5396
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe blackware vessel fragment in this group has two ancient repair holes drilled through it near the edge of a break.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, Pyramid 6 (tomb of Nawidemak). 1916: 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 29, 2006)
(Accession Date: September 29, 2006)