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Potsherd, 5 black blending into brown, 4 black flaring rims
Potsherd, 5 black blending into brown, 4 black flaring rims
Object Number 15-12-50/B1407
Display Title Potsherd, 5 black blending into brown, 4 black flaring rims
Descriptions
Object Description Potsherd, 5 black blending into brown, 4 black flaring rims
Inventory Description Ceramic jar sherds, brownish break blending into black fracture, 1 grooved bands
Classification
  • Jar
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Dynastic (Egyptian)
  • Hyksos
  • Middle Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 7.8 x 1 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object B1407
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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