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Nubian
Late Meroitic Period
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Findspot: Nubia (Egypt), Karanog, Tomb G 528

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 18 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line MFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession Number1991.1139
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRed slip, ceramic painted. Decorated with band of dots at neck, vine leaves at shoulder.
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 528. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

(Accession date: March 25, 1992)