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Black-topped redware bowl

Nubian
A-Group to C-Group
3100–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Dakka, Cemetery 101, Grave 75

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Rim diameter: 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3172
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBlack top-redware bowl, chipped at the rim; brown matter adheres to the interior surface- "gray interface" between the black and red zones on the exterior.
ProvenanceFrom Dakka (ASN 101/75/3). 1910. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.

(Accession date: May 19, 2006)