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Black-topped redware beaker (Egyptian)

Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Naqada I
3850–3650 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Dakka, Cemetery 103, Grave 25

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Rim diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3348
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionVery thick-walled black-topped redware small-shoulder jar with an uneven, flat base; scratches and wear over the body- coil impressions inside and a thick lip.
ProvenanceFrom Dakka (ASN103/25/1). 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)