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Bowl

Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic Cemetery, K37/2

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4028
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionCoarse, rudely shaped, burnished on outside, inside crude band of lotus buds. Red wash on exterior and rim. 9 leaves painted on interior. Pebble burnished.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, (Meroitic Cemetery) K37 / 2. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.