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Black-topped redware beaker (Egyptian)

Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Naqada I
3850–3650 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Khor Bahan, Cemetery 17, Grave 50

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Rim diameter: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3346
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBlack top-redware beaker with wide body, slightly flaring walls, flat base, wear at base and rim.
ProvenanceBahan. (ASN 17/50/12). 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

(Accession date: May 19, 2006)