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Object Number 43-42-50/5859.1
Display Title Potsherd, black with white incisions
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic sherd, dark gray ware, white-filled punctate design, perforated
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Predynastic
  • Egyptian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mesaeed?
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 × 3.6 × 0.6 cm (2 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43-42-50/5859.1
Credit Line Exchange, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1943
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1905-1939)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1905-1939)
Exchange participant Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (12/29/1943)
Intermediary Dows Dunham

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