Globular jar with wax-like contents
about 2400–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery N, grave 115
Overall: 15.3 x 5 cm (6 x 1 15/16 in.)
Medium or Technique
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This small shouldered jar has a rounded base, a short, narrow neck, and a rolled rim. It exhibits considerable blackening and evidence of burning, and the surface is flaking in some areas. The jar is approximately two-thirds full of a hardened, wax-like substance (possibly actually wax).
From Kerma, Cemetery N, grave 115. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: July 6, 2006)
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition