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Object Number
15-12-50/B1391
Display Title
Potsherd, ribbed
Descriptions
Object Description
Potsherd, ribbed
Inventory Description
Ceramic beakers body sherds, fine black burnished ware, ribbed decoration
Classification
- Raw Material
- Sherd
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Seventeenth Dynasty
- Twelfth Dynasty
- Predynastic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Dongola
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Kerma
Intrasite
K.III graves; (Lower Deffufa) (KI) Room Z
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 5.5 x 3.1 x 0.4 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
B1391; Su 228
Provenance
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1913)
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1913)
Lender
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(1915)
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(1929)
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