Maker Egyptian
Title
  • Black-topped Pot
Date between 3800 and 3200 BCE
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions Overall: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Credit Line Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
Accession Number 1990.72
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Marks Marked, scratched on side, and written above scratch: B97
probably 1898-99, probably excavated from a cemetery at (Hu, Egypt) or (Abadiyeh, Egypt);
1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund;
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)