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Redware beaker

Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 25

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .373 H. .108 W.
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.322
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRed ware, hand polished; broken and mended (27 pieces) but now separate again; beveled rim, flat base. Scratched arrow shaped potmark.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 25, no. 2 [M/25/2]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.