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Decorated jar
Nubian
Meroitic Period
1st–3rd century A.D.
Findspot: Nubia (Egypt), Karanog, Tomb G 150
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
MFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession Number1991.1142
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionLarge globular jar with a small neck and mouth (plain rim). Red burnished, and decorated below the neck with four frogs with long tongues which turn into ankhs at the ends. One small fragment missing from the body.
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 150. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)