Cosmetic jar
2400–1550 B.C.
Object PlaceKerma, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueAnhydrite
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.9 × 6 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1149
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Findspot Information: From Kerma 334 / 57, February 1914.
Findspot Information: From Kerma 334 / 57, February 1914.
2061–1550 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.
2061–1550 B.C.
2061–1550 B.C.
2061–1550 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
593–568 B.C.