Beaker (Black-topped Pottery)
Beaker (Black-topped Pottery)

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Beaker (Black-topped Pottery)

Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Amratian (SD 30-39) and Gerzean (SD 40-65), ca. 5400–3100 BCE
y1944-60

Information

Title
Beaker (Black-topped Pottery)
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 8.3 cm, diam. 5.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
[Gift of William C. Hayes, Class of 1924?]
Object Number
y1944-60
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Amratian, Gerzean, black-topped
Type
beakers (drinking vessels), ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Techniques
burnishing (polishing)

Possibly Gerzean; said to have been acquired by William C. Hayes, Class of 1924, at an unknown date from an unknown source; possibly given to the Msueum by Hayes; acquired by the Museum by at least 1944.

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