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Vessel rim fragment

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shabaka
698–690 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid XV

Medium/Technique Porphyry
Dimensions Overall: 1 x 3 x 2.5 cm (3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.1784
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRim fragment of a gray and white mottled vessel.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid 15 (tomb of king Shabaka) 1919: 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.