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Black-topped, red-polished bowl
Nubian
End of Early Kerma
about 2100 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, tomb KN 98, North Cemetery
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 20 x 30 cm (7 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11862
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack-topped, red-polished, with incised band around rim.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, North Cemetery, tomb KN 98; 1916: 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.
(Accession date: March 22, 1995)
(Accession date: March 22, 1995)