IDENTIFIERS
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id:	51243
accession number:	E.13.1911

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 21 August 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Kerma beaker, with black top decoration. Made in Nubia (Southern Egypt/Sudan) and found in a grave at the Egyptian cemetery of Abydos. The vessel is made from Nile Silt clay and has very thin walls, measuring from 2-5 mm in thickness. The rim is asymmetrical and the interior was smoothed with fingers, and burnished (rubbed with a hard object horizontally). Outside there is a red wash on the lower section of the pot which was then polished. This type of ware is called red and black. This vessel came from the grave of a Nubian living in Egypt who belonged to a group of people called the Kerma culture. Only a few familes of the Kerma people found their way into Egypt. It is therefore of interest that they brought pottery with them, along with other goods, but chose a traditional Egyptian manner of burial. The base is rounded. The pot is complete, which is remarkable given its fragile structure.
object type: Clay beaker, with black top decoration. Made in Nubia (Southern Egypt/Sudan)
title:	beaker (vessel)

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/51243





TECHNIQUES
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burnished
TECHNIQUES
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polished
TECHNIQUES
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handmade

CATEGORIES
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category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	1773 - 1650
creation date earliest:	1773
creation date latest:	1650
culture:	13th Dynasty
culture:	Middle Kingdom
culture:	Second Intermediate period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 14.2

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 11.7



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Umm el-Ga'ab
CITATIONS
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Les Cultures Kerma
The Cemeteries of Abydos [vol. 2]
Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest
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