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Fragments of a vessel

Nubian
Early Napatan Period
820–800 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Tomb 13

Medium/Technique Diorite
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 x 12 x 6.5 cm (1 x 4 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2092
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionTwo pieces of a thick-walled vessel (bowl?). According to tag with the object, Reisner numbered the object Reserve 1920-263.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 13. 1919: 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.

(Accession date: January 7, 2005)