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Globular black-topped redware jar
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K 1613
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 26.6 x 11.6 cm (10 1/2 x 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3413
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis globular jar has prominent shoulders, a long, virtually straight neck, and a straight (perhaps slightly pulled) rim. The rim is in battered condition. The black top was attained by turning the jar over in the firing process to place the upper portion in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere of burning organics/ash.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave 1613. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: July 13, 2006)
(Accession date: July 13, 2006)