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Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic Cemetery, grave 15

Medium/Technique Pottery
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.4761
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionShort, rimless neck, burnished black ware, elaborately decorated with incised lines.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, grave 15/1. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession Date: August 31, 2006)