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Object Number 15-12-50/B1332
Display Title Beaker, black topped ware, thin red polished sides
Descriptions
Object Description Beaker, black topped ware, thin red polished sides
Inventory Description Ceramic beaker, red with black rim, thin, flared rim, rounded base, mended
Classification
  • Beaker
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Twelfth Dynasty
  • Middle Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite Tumulus X, Grave K 1039
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 14.5 cm (4 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1332; Su 775
Credit Line Gift of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1915
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1913-1914)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)
Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1915)

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