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Fragment
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Mirgissa, surface debris of cemetery on Take Island
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number31.1908.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionOne fragment, broken into two pieces. Of three fragments of decorated pottery with a black painted decoration and a red slip. These fragments, found in the area of the Second Cataract Forts in Lower Nubia, once formed the body of a large globular vessel of Meroitic type. Such vessels are typically wheel-made and manufactured from a combination of alluvial silt and desert clay. The fabric of this particular vessel is very fine, has few inclusions, and is of red/brown coloration. The entire pot was covered with a red slip of simlar hue. The painted band of a wreath pattern forms a central frieze along the body of the vessel. It is paralleled by a painted beaker from Karanog, a Romano-Nubian cemetery. Belongs with 31.1908.2.
ProvenanceFrom Mirgissa, surface debris of cemetery on Take Island. 1931: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.