Black-topped Pot, between 3800 and 3200 BCE

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • Overall: 5 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (12.7 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.46

Inscribed, scratched on side: B171

probably 1898-99, probably excavated from cemetery B (Abadiyeh, Egypt)

1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Black-topped Pot, between 3800 and 3200 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.46.