Caption

Cylindrical vessel with crosshatched decoration, painted vessels, Egyptian ceramics, engraved decorations, geometric motifs. The vessel has a shape resembling a cylinder, slightly tapering towards the bottom, with a slightly convex bottom, and a widely rolled-out rim. A plastic, wavy ornament runs 3/4 of the way up. It is arranged on the surface in such a way that the upper part of the vessel appears to be recessed relative to the lower. The surface is covered with a light engobe and decorated with a painted diagonal grid. B. Ruszczyc, c. 3200–c. 3050 BC; Predynastic Period, Naqada III Naqada phase IIIa2, Abusir el-Melek, vessel, height 27.5 cm, width 11 cm, weight 1.028 kg., A tall cylindrical ceramic vessel with a flared rim, showing a surface of beige and light tan clay with darker brownish-red painted zigzag line patterns around its body; the rim and upper edge have a slightly darker, more reddish-brown tone and there are areas of rough texture and small chips and cracks visible on the surface, plus some patches of darker brown spotting and lighter wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_109

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Rights managed

Available size

55.5Mb (3.8Mb) / 10.8in x 20.0in / 3236 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cylindrical vessel crosshatched decoration painted vessels Egyptian ceramics engraved decorations geometric motifs vessel shape resembling cylinder slightly tapering towards bottom slightly convex bottom widely rolled- rim plastic wavy ornament runs 3 4 way up arranged surface way upper part recessed relative lower covered light engobe decorated painted diagonal grid B Ruszczyc c 3200–c 3050 Bc Predynastic Period Naqada III Naqada phase IIIa2 Abusir el-Melek height 27.5 cm width 11 cm weight 1.028 kg tall cylindrical ceramic vessel flared rim showing beige light tan clay darker brownish-red painted zigzag line patterns body upper edge slightly darker reddish-brown tone areas rough texture small chips cracks visible plus patches darker brown spotting lighter wear.