Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Egyptian (ancient)
8. Egyptian pottery styles

Narrower term/s

• black-topped red

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Egyptian pottery style produced during the Badarian, Amratian, and Gerzean periods from about 6000 to 2925 BCE. The style is characterized by polishd thin-walled, handmade vesels coated with a red ocher wash, with black tops probably produced by placing the vessels while hot in carbonizing organic matter.