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Black-topped red polished jar
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 28 x 26 cm (11 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2095
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack-topped jar with a red polished body; the exterior is slipped and burnished. This utilitarian vessel shows considerable wear at the rim. It was broken into many fragments but has been reassembled.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 446, no. 1. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.