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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: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3351
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBlack-topped redware broad mouth beaker with flaring lip, wear at base and rim.
ProvenanceBahan. (ASN 17/50/9). 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)