Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Black-topped red ware jar Predynastic, Naqada IIAbadiya
Description
Jar, black-topped. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3500 B.C. Pottery. H: 14 x Diam: 7.3 cm (5 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.). From: Cemetery B, Tomb B146, Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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