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Squat jar

Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K 1097

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 9.6 x 6.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3602
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThis squat, globular has an impressed net pattern visible on its side, and has a disk-shaped lid.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 1097. 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 20, 2006)