Black topped ware pot from Egypt
Object No. 62A
Pot, black topped ware, [made in el-Badari], Egypt, Predynastic Period, c. 4000-3100 BC
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Summary
Physical Description
Funerary urn of red and black pottery with flat base and conical body broken on one side. The lower part of the vessel is red and the top and inside of the lip is black. The outside is burnished all over.
DIMENSIONS
Height
127 mm
Diameter
75 mm
HISTORY
Notes
Early Museum records suggest the pot was found in a 19th Dynasty tomb.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Presented to the New South Wales Collection of Applied Art by Stuart Kay, 1927
Acquisition Date
1 February 1927
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