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Black-topped, red-polished bowl with elaborate impressed decoration
Nubian
End of the Early Kerma
about 2100–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, tomb KN 151, North Cemetery
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 8.4 x 16.4 cm (3 5/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11791
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBowl, top redware with incised square rocker-stamp patterns. Pottery. Early Kerma Culture.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, North Cemetery, tomb KN 151. 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 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)