Description:
Shallow open bowl

Label Text:
Tomb goods included dishes, toilet articles, and other items needed in the next life. Sometimes such objects show wear, suggesting previous use, while others, like this finely carved alabaster bowl, seem to have been made expressly for the tomb.

2016

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; containers; vessels; pottery; bowls

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