The complex interactions between Egypt and its Nubian neighbours are reflected in the most telling way in the artefactual materials left by these distinct yet interconnected cultures. One can see this in particular within the medium of what is known as “Egyptian faience”, a sintered-quartz, non-clay ceramic. Analysis has revealed that the material from the site of Kerma, the centre of a Bronze Age Nubian civilization, is both of Egyptian manufacture and local production. Further investigation of both the composition and context of the faience has revealed a distinct and dramatic difference in the use and production of the material that references the political dynamic that developed between the two cultures, and which appears to be echoed in the succeeding Nubian Napatan and Meroitic Periods in Nubia. Keywords: Faience production, Kerma, cultural development,Napatan Period, Meroitic Period