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Slender jar

Nubian
Middle Kerma
about 2050–1700 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery B, grave 37

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 29.6 x 8 cm (11 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3321
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThis slender jar is has an elongated ovoid body that narrows towards the top to a long, straight neck with a straight, unworked rim. The base is rounded. The neck has been formed with wide indented lines around its entirety, creating a striated effect. Prior to firing the neck was deformed (compressed inward), thus creating an oval, rather than circular, mouth.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery B, grave 37. 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: July 10, 2006)