Red-polished slender ovoid jar
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 17.0 x 10.4 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.3083
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma. January 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
1784–1668 B.C.
3650–3300 B.C.
2630–2524 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
1570–1070 B.C.
1570–1070 B.C.
3650–3300 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
1356–1332 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2nd–3rd century A.D.