Currently not on view
Bowl, Black-topped Pottery
Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Badarian, ca. 5400–3100 BCE
y1930-482
Information
Title
Bowl, Black-topped Pottery
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 9.0 cm, diam. 13.5 cm (3 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William C. Hayes, Class of 1924
Object Number
y1930-482
Place Made
Africa, Egypt, Al Badārī
Culture
Period
Type
Techniques
From Badari, Egypt; acquired by William C. Hayes, Class of 1924, possibly during the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavations at Thebes (Hayes active 1927-1931); given to the Musum in 1930 by Hayes.
- William Christopher Hayes, The scepter of Egypt: a background for the study of the Egyptian antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953-1959)., p. 18, fig. 9
- Helene J Kantor, "Prehistoric Egyptian pottery in the Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University XII, no. 2 (1953): p. 67-83 , fig. i, p. 67 (illus.)
