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Black-topped redware bowl

Nubian
C-Group
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Dakka, Cemetery 101, Grave 413

Medium/Technique Pottery
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3080
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionCrudely modeled polished redware dish with rounded base; interior and exterior are tool-scraped smooth in a horizontal direction; wear and fire-clouds at the rim.
ProvenanceFrom Dakka (ASN101/413/2). 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.