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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Egyptian
| | Title: | Bowl
| | Date Made: | 4000-3600 BCE (Predynastic, Naqada I period)
| | Type: | Container
| | Materials: | Ceramic; earthenware with slip
| | Place Made: | Egypt; Abydos, Cemetery U, tomb 21, excavations of 1910-1911
| | Measurements: | Overall: 3 in x 7 1/2 in; 7.6 cm x 19 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1911.U.21.1.AII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Open bowl of dark red-brown clay with white cross-lined geometric decoration on interior, forming three cross-hatched triangles. Interior surface polished to a plum color before decoration. Plain exterior, flat bottom.
Tags:
ancient; archaeology; pottery; vessels; containers; bowls Subjects:
archaeological objects; Containers; Civilization, Ancient; Bowls; Pottery Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1911.U.21.1.AII |
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