Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Requires Photography

Beaker

Egyptian
Predynastic, Badarian Period
4500–3800 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, el-Mustagidda, Tomb 466

Medium/Technique Pottery (Nile silt ware)
Dimensions Height: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line By exchange with The British Museum
Accession Number55.49
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBeaker of polished black ware with well defined horizontal rippling.
ProvenanceFrom El-Mustagidda, tomb 466. 1928-29, excavated by the British Museum Expedition to Egypt; given to the British Museum by the government of Egypt; 1955: acquired by the MFA by exchange with the British Museum.