Rim sherd of pottery vessel. Brown fabric. One hole plus a hole at break. Black exterior. From Armant. Found in 1997 in a box labelled 'Armant 4 Badarian (EPIII) Medium and Fine Wares 50/2971-50/3006 and 50/3024-50/3026'. This sherd dates to the Predynastic Badarian period (5500-4000 B.C.). This is the earliest type of Egyptian pottery manufactured. Badarian vessels are hand made and of extremely high quality. They were burnished to a lustrous finish and fired so that the top is coloured black and the rest left red. The rippling effect on this sherd is typical of Badarian pottery.