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Black-topped redware bowl

Nubian
C-Group
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Koshtamna, Cemetery 87, Grave 90

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Rim diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3215
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionLarge black top-redware bowl with wear at base and rim; surface is pitted and finish is crackling.
ProvenanceFrom Koshtamna (ASN 87/90/1). 1909. 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)