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Black polished beaker with incised line decoration
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus XB, grave 360
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 13.2 cm (4 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis bell-shaped (or "tulip") beaker is of a shape characteristic of the classic period of Kerma pottery. It entirely black poilished and decorated with horizontal bands of incised vertical lines, including on the base. It is in fragments but mended and nearly complete.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus XB, grave 360 (K XB/360). March 1914: 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: March 1, 1920)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)