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Slender shouldered jar with pointed base

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Analmaaye
542–538 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 18

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Height: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.859
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 18 (tomb of Analmaaye). 1917.: 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: March 1, 1921)