Pre-Dynastic Bowl of the Blacktop Ware

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Naqada I to early Naqada II culture circa 3600-3400 B.C.

Material: Clay

Dimensions: 18.4 cm in diameter

Price: Sold

Ref: 1164

Provenance: German collection Dr. Heim, with an inventory paper of the collection Heim.

Condition: Only a surficial crack on the rim, otherwise intact.

Description: Handmade, quite thick walled bowl with a small base of the so-called blacktop ware. The clay was covered with a red iron oxide, which develops the distinctive dark red color after burning. The black rim, which continues in the inside, results from burning the vase, when the upper part was exposed to thick smoke.