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Jar, pottery, 37 cm tall, 31 cm diameter, with 5 sherds.
Jar, pottery, 37 cm tall, 31 cm diameter, with 5 sherds.
Object Number 15-12-50/B1410
Display Title Jar, pottery, 37 cm tall, 31 cm diameter, with 5 sherds.
Descriptions
Object Description Jar, pottery, 37 cm tall, 31 cm diameter, with 5 sherds.
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, spherical, short flared neck, red-brown, plain, cracked, fire cloud
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Meroitic
  • Egyptian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite Meroitic Cemetery, Grave K 12
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 37.4 x 33.5 cm (14 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object B1410 & Kerma/12/3
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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