Black-topped Red Ware Beaker

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Black-topped Red Ware Beaker
Date4400–3500 BC
Made inEgypt
MediumTerracotta and slip
Dimensions8 × 8 × 4 1/4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.60
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
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); and Houston Museum of Natural Science, Jan. 26, 1991–Mar. 22, 1992 (LN: 91.22).

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