Caption

Vessel, Egyptian pottery, ceramic clay vessel. A conical vessel, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. The shoulders are wide, almost horizontal to slightly sloping. The neck is wide, short, funnel-shaped, widening towards the spout. The spout is wide, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. The bottom is slightly convex, asymmetrical. The surface is even. The lower part of the vessel has been worked to approximately 2/3 of its height with a knife or similar tool. The outer surface and the inner surface of the rim and neck are covered with a layer of dark red engobe. Vessel color: dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, with numerous clay chips on the rim. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC; Edfu. Height 16.7 cm; diameter 9.5 cm rim, 13 cm body, 8.1 cm bottom., A top-down view of a round, terracotta-colored clay vessel with a wide rim and a deep, dark interior, showing areas of lighter discoloration and surface wear on the reddish-brown exterior, set against a smooth light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A02_157

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90.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 17.5in x 20.0in / 5264 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vessel Egyptian pottery ceramic clay vessel conical vessel widest approximately 3 4 height shoulders wide almost horizontal slightly sloping neck short funnel-shaped widening towards spout flat upper part slightly rounded bottom slightly asymmetrical slightly convex asymmetrical surface even lower part vessel worked approximately 2 3 knife tool outer surface inner surface rim covered layer dark red engobe Vessel color dark red Vessel complete surface eroded places numerous clay chips Old Kingdom ca 2686–2181 Bc Edfu Height 16.7 cm diameter 9.5 cm rim 13 cm body 8.1 cm bottom top-down view round terracotta-colored clay vessel wide rim deep dark interior showing areas lighter discoloration surface wear reddish-brown exterior set smooth light gray background.