Maker Egyptian
Title
  • Black-topped Pot
Date between 3800 and 3200 BCE
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions Overall: 11 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (30.2 × 17.5 cm)
Credit Line Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
Accession Number 1990.39
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Marks Marked, in pencil: R55
Marked, on side: [two unidentifiable marks]
probably 1898-99, probably excavated from cemetery R (Hu, Egypt);
1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund;
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)