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Small pilgrim flask
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shabaka
698–690 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Tomb 72
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 2.1 cm (5 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis small pilgrim flask is fashioned of an orangish-red clay fabric. The body is comprised of two shallow hemispherical halves, joined vertically. It has a very narrow neck with a rolled rim. Two roughly shaped (folded) loop handles join at the upper body and just below the rim; one is largely broken off and missing. The neck and handles were once broken off but have been reattached.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) el-Kurru, tomb 72. 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 the Sudan.
(Accession Date: September 6, 2006)
(Accession Date: September 6, 2006)