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Globular black-topped redware jar with three handles
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K 1613
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 20.9 x 12.2 cm (8 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3391
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis bag-shaped jar, of black-topped redware, hsa a rounded base, a short concave neck, and a slightly rolled rim. Three loop handles have been added, attached at just below the rim to the upper body. They are blackened as well. 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. The jar was broken but has been mended, and some small portions have been reconstructed.
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)