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Small squat jar with contents

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniquePottery, organic remains
DimensionsOverall: 5.8 x 3.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.3712
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus III, grave 334, debris. 1914: 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.

(Accession date: July 24, 2006)
Mummy of an ibis
Roman Imperial, 30 B.C.–A.D 364
Mummy of a kitten
30 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mummy of a cat
664–30 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ivory horn protecters, etc. 14-1-664 (=MFA 20.1448), 14-1-1110 (=MFA 20.1449), 14-3-11 (2), 14-…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Horn protector
about 1700–1550 B.C.