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Bag shaped kohl jar with lid

Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, 327 X

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Height x depth: 9.9 x 12.6 cm (3 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Diameter (lid): 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1146a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma. 1920: 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.

Findspot Information: From Kerma 327 X, February 1914.