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Nubian
Kerma
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D. .078
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1179a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionAlabaster, disc cover with knob on under side, ancient break bordered by two pairs of holes for mending with wire or thong, chip from edge missing.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Southern cemetery, KIII, grave KIII St.4(3). 1920: 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.
Findspot Information: From Kerma, December 1913.
Findspot Information: From Kerma, December 1913.