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Large black-topped red polished beaker
Egyptian
Predynastic, Nagada II (Gerzean) Period
3700–3250 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Naqada, 1498
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 19 cm (14 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Kate Bradbury
Accession Number97.78
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionB ware; convex beaker; flat base; plain, flaring rim; shiny, but worn at base. Two cracks, one large rim piece missing. Petrie type B25N. Dry scratched potmark at rim: two parallel, horizontal lines above two parallel vertical and two parallel horizontal lines which are joined at a 90 degree angle at the upper left.
ProvenanceFrom Naqada, 1487. By 1897: Kate Bradbury collection; 1897: given to the MFA by Kate Bradbury.