Advanced Search 
Necked jar with painted decoration and contents
Nubian
Post-Meroitic Period, X-Group
about 4th–6th century A.D.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Gudhi, Cemetery 15, Grave 44
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 3.7 cm (10 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis shouldered jar is fashioned of an orangish clay fabric and treated with a buff-colored slip. It has has a short neck and straight rim. The upper body has two bands of brown-black painted decoration, one wide band and one narrower band. Within each band are zigzag bands comrpised of two straight-line borders with a wavy line between. The neck and rim are broken with portions missing. The jar's contents include small fragments of dried mud that may have resulted from liquid contents.
ProvenanceSharifa-tod, Godi. (ASN 15/44). 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: August 4, 2006)
(Accession Date: August 4, 2006)