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Thick walled vessel fragment

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2061–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Length: 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1169
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionPart of a hieroglyphic sign is incised (base of sign over plural marks). The rest of the vessel is missing.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma. 1913: 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession date: March 1, 1920)