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Three alabaster vessel fragments

Nubian or Egyptian
Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, XB X

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Overall: 1.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm (9/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1582
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThree alabaster vessel body fragments from three different vessels.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KXB, sacrificial corridor, X. 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 Sudan.