Vessel, Egyptian pottery ceramic clay vessel, conical, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Shoulders wide, almost horizontal, slightly sloping. Neck wide, short, funnel-shaped, widening towards the spout. Spout wide, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Bottom slightly convex, asymmetrical. Surface even. Lower part worked to approximately 2/3 of its height with a knife or similar tool. Outer surface and inner surface of rim and neck covered with a layer of dark red engobe. Color dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC; provenance: Edfu. Height 16.7 cm; rim diameter 9.5 cm; body diameter 13 cm; bottom diameter 8.1 cm. References: Reisner, Mycerinus, p. 219, types XIX and XX, fig. 69., A single terracotta-colored ceramic vessel with a rounded shoulder, flared rim, and tapered base, showing areas of worn and chipped surface with lighter beige and off-white patch...
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Vessel, Egyptian pottery ceramic clay vessel, conical, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Shoulders wide, almost horizontal, slightly sloping. Neck wide, short, funnel-shaped, widening towards the spout. Spout wide, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Bottom slightly convex, asymmetrical. Surface even. Lower part worked to approximately 2/3 of its height with a knife or similar tool. Outer surface and inner surface of rim and neck covered with a layer of dark red engobe. Color dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC; provenance: Edfu. Height 16.7 cm; rim diameter 9.5 cm; body diameter 13 cm; bottom diameter 8.1 cm. References: Reisner, Mycerinus, p. 219, types XIX and XX, fig. 69., A single terracotta-colored ceramic vessel with a rounded shoulder, flared rim, and tapered base, showing areas of worn and chipped surface with lighter beige and off-white patches and small dark spots, set against a plain light gray background.

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Vessel Egyptian pottery ceramic clay vessel conical widest approximately 3 4 height Shoulders wide almost horizontal slightly sloping Neck wide short funnel-shaped widening towards spout Spout wide flat upper part slightly rounded bottom slightly asymmetrical Bottom slightly convex asymmetrical Surface even Lower part worked approximately 2 3 knife tool Outer surface inner surface rim neck covered layer dark red engobe Color dark red Vessel complete surface eroded places numerous clay chips Old Kingdom ca 2686–2181 Bc provenance Edfu Height 16.7 cm rim diameter 9.5 cm body diameter 13 cm bottom diameter 8.1 cm References Reisner Mycerinus p 219 types XIX Xx fig 69 single terracotta-colored ceramic vessel rounded shoulder flared rim tapered base showing areas worn chipped surface lighter beige off-white patches small dark spots set plain light gray background.

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