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Black-topped redware bowl
Nubian
Middle Kerma
about 2050–1700 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, tomb KM 3, Middle Cemetery
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 12.2 x 17.5 cm (4 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack-topped, redware pot with elaborate, impressed decoration.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Middle Cemetery, tomb KM 3. 1915: 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)