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Slender ovoid jar with rim applique
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K 1620
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 10 cm (10 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3337
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis slender ovoid (nearly bag-shaped) jar is fashioned of a buff-colored marl clay. It has a rounded base, graduall neck, and outwardly pulled rim. The exterior edge of the rim has been decorated with small, irregular pressed "dot" appliques of the same clay fabric.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave . 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 11, 2006)
(Accession date: July 11, 2006)