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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
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
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)
(Accession date: July 20, 2006)