IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 49628 accession number: E.71.1898 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 18 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: jar, beaker type, black top decoration. Nile silt, black-topped ware. object type: Tall, slender beaker, with slightly flared rim, a flat base and burnished surface. The walls of the vessel were coiled and then burnished after drying, but before firing. Rim decorated black, through introducing smoke into the kiln, this particular style is known as black-top red ware. title: jar LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49628 TECHNIQUES ---------- burnished (polished) CATEGORIES ------ category: vessel DATING ------ creation date: 4500 - 4000 creation date earliest: 4500 creation date latest: 4000 culture: Predynastic DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 23 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_71_1898_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/mid_E_71_1898_281_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_71_1898_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/preview_E_71_1898_281_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_71_1898_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/mid_E_71_1898_282_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_71_1898_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/preview_E_71_1898_282_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels