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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 24
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Rim diameter: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3350
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack-topped redware tall small-shoulder jar with a rounded base and broad mouth; hatched rim; wear in places at the rim and base; horizontally burnished exterior; broken at the rim.
ProvenanceFrom Dakka (ASN103/24/7). 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)
(Accession date: May 19, 2006)