Vessel with ram-headed spout

Vessel with ram-headed spout

Nubian

Classic Kerma

about 1700–1550 B.C.

Description

Red polished brown ware. Spherical form with wide mouth and bow handle over top. Spout in the form of a ram’s head. Broken and mended, nearly complete.

Provenance

From Kerma, K 325-3. 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.

Dimensions

Overall: 24 x 27 x 23 cm (9 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Accession Number

20.1714

http://www.mfa.org/node/9458