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Black-topped redware bowl with incised decoration
Nubian
Early Kerma
about 2500–2200 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery N, tomb K 157
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 10.8 x 18 cm (4 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11908
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRed-polished, black-topped bowl with a fine dotted pattern in steep zigzag lines.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery N, grave 157. April, 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the divisino of finds by the government of Sudan; 1921: received by the MFA.
(Accession Date: March 27, 1996)
(Accession Date: March 27, 1996)