Black-topped rim sherd
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Predynastic (most likely) (4400-3100 BCE)
Pottery
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6735
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
8000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Most probably from British excavations in Egypt; Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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