Painted cup and lid
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniquePottery, painted design
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Vessel: D. .086 H. .058; Cover: D. .071 H. .034
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1693a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Cemetery S, Tumulus III, room DD. December 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
699–600 B.C.
9th–7th century B.C.
999–800 B.C.
3100–2900 B.C.
3600–3400 B.C.
before 6th century B.C.
1600–1450 B.C.
first half of the 15th century
late 3rd millennium B.C.
about 1875