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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: 8.5 x 1.8 cm (3 3/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4805
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis small pilgrim flask is fashioned of a red-brown clay fabric. The body is comprised of two hemispherical halves of differing depth, joined vertically to produce an assymetrical body. It has a very narrow neck with a rolled rim. Two roughly shaped (folded) loop handles join at the upper body and near the midpoint of the neck. There are traces of red slip on the exterior. It is intact.
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)