Black-topped red ware jar

Predynastic Period

ca. 3850–2960 BCE

Not on view

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Title: Black-topped red ware jar
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 3850–2960 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), MMA excavations
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: H. 16 × Diam. 11.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.1.6
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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