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Upper portion of an tall slender jar
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Karkamani (?)
519–510 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 7 (Karkamani), NW foundation deposit
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 9.8 cm (13 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4069
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis is the upper part of a tall slender jar of a reddish clay fabric with areas of blackening. The entire base has broken off and is missing except for one/some of six vessel fragments associated (unclear whether by original context or for shipment only) with the amphora (several of which clearly belong to other kinds of vessels). Part of a mud jar stopper is also associated with the it. This remaining portion is in unstable, cracked condition.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid 7 (tomb of a Karkamani), NW foundation deposit. 1917-1918: 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: August 10, 2006)
(Accession Date: August 10, 2006)