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Bag-shaped jar with contents
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1039
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 10.7 cm (8 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3359
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis bag-shaped jar has a rounded base, a gradual, narrowing neck, and an outwardly pulled rim. Four incised lines have been added to the upper portion. There are some streaks of a black, resinous substance on the rim and upper portion of one side of the exterior. Contents remain in the jar. It is nearly filled with an brownish-black, earthy, organic substance, some of which shows evidence of burning.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1039. 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 the Sudan.
(Accession date: July 12, 2006)
(Accession date: July 12, 2006)