A rim sherd from a handmade, carinated bowl of fine, micaceous silt. There are abundant inclusions of mica, some fine sand, and organic materials. The exterior is very eroded but was originally coated with a thick plum-red slip and burnished. The upper part of the interior is coated with a plum-red slip and horizontally burnished. This vessel dates to the Badarian Period, one of the earliest sedentary cultures in the Nile Valley (c. 4500–4000 BC). It was excavated from Feature 1834 in the Badarian Cemetery 1800 at Armant. Site 1800 consisted of a series of sunken hut circles or grain pits. They were excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society during the 1935–36 season, providing a clear context for these early Predynastic burial practices and material culture. The excavations at Armant between 1935–38 remain unpublished.