Potsherd

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Object Number 15-12-50/B1401

Display Title Potsherd

Descriptions

Object Description Potsherd

Inventory Description Ceramic body sherd, coarse reddish brown ware, incised linear design

Classification

Sherd
Raw Material

Department Archaeological

Culture

Middle Kingdom
Nubian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma

Materials Ceramic

Dimensions Overall: 5.8 x 4.9 x 1 cm (2 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B1401; Su 7

Provenance

Collector George A. Reisner (1913)

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 (1929)

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15-12-50/B1402	Potsherd	Sherd Raw Material	Kerma
15-12-50/B1398	Potsherd, rim	Raw Material Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1369	Potsherd, from rim of large container	Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1386	Potsherd, rim	Raw Material Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1387	Potsherd, rim	Sherd Raw Material	Kerma
15-12-50/B1406	Potsherd, pierced	Sherd Raw Material	Kerma
15-12-50/B1366	Potsherd, rim	Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1383	Potsherd, rim	Raw Material Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1368	Potsherd	Sherd Raw Material	Kerma
15-12-50/B1375	Potsherd, rim	Sherd Raw Material	Kerma
15-12-50/B1396	Potsherd, rim	Sherd	Kerma
15-12-50/B1388	Potsherd	Sherd	Kerma

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