Black-topped Red Ware Beaker

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CultureEgyptian

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Black-topped Red Ware Beaker

Date4400–3500 BC

Made inEgypt

MediumTerracotta and slip

Dimensions9 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (24.1 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan

Object number31.59

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Provenance[Mohareb Todrous, Luxor, Egypt]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Exhibition History"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," Houston Museum of Natural Science, Mar. 23–Aug. 27, 1989 (LN: 89.14)

"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," Houston Museum of Natural Science, Jan. 26, 1991–Mar. 22, 1992 (LN: 91.22)

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