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Miniature juglet
Near Eastern, Canaanite
Middle Bronze Age
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, grave IVB
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 7.1 x 2 cm (2 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.3732
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis miniature juglet has a conical body, a very small knob-like base, a long neck with flaring rim, and a bifurcated loop handle connected at just below the rim and the upper body. There are traces of a red surface treatment. The shape is similar to Canaanite juglets that were both imported and copied in Egypt. The juglet has indeterminant contents still inside. Such vessels are known to have often contained fats, unguents, or oils.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, grave IVB. 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: July 25, 2006)
(Accession date: July 25, 2006)