Name:	Beaker, B-Ware (Badarian)
Picture:
Description:	H. 13cm, diam. at mouth 7.5cm. Chipped in one place at rim. Dark reddish-brown clay beaker with a narrow, flat base, tapering sides, curved shoulders and a slight rolled rim. Slipped and burnished in dark scarlet red and black in the style of the predynastic Badarian culture known as B-Ware (black-topped, red-polished/burnished). Hand made using the coil method.
Date:	Badarian, 5000-4000 B.C.
Discussion:	B-Ware is the earliest and most distinctive of the Badarian pottery types. The decoration was produced by placing the red-hot vessel into the burning embers of a fire. Cf. G. Brunton, Qau and Badari II (1928), pl. XX; illustration and discussion could be found here as of fall 1998.