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Black-topped redware bowl

Nubian
C-Group
about 2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Koshtamna, Cemetery 87, Grave 139

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Rim diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3208
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBurnished black top-redware bowl in very worn condition; pitted and chipped surface and wear at the rim and interior.
ProvenanceFrom Koshtamna (ASN 87/139/1). 1909. 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.

(Accession date: May 19, 2006)