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Vessel fragment with a gazelle stamp

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Aspelta
593–568 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid VIII, before door-block

Medium/Technique Pottery
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-A-78
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBase fragment of a ceramic bowl with a stamp of a running gazelle surrounded by impressed dots.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid VIII, before door-block. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.