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Black ware pot
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gammai, Tomb 139
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 11.6 x 9.8 cm (4 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number24.384
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack ware, decorated with punched triangles.
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave 139, object #4. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.