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Vessel fragments

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Basakheren
405–404 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, tomb 17

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Height x diameter: 1.3 x 4.5 cm (1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Length x width: 5 x 2.1 cm (1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Length x width: 4 x 1.9 cm (1 9/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-3-412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThree pieces of a very thin-walled vessel, one piece preserving most of the flared rim.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri 17; 1917 Excavated by the Harvard University-MFA Boston Expedition, March 1919.