Vessel, Egyptian pottery, clay vessel, conical-shaped vessel, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Quite wide, almost horizontal shoulders—slightly sloping. Wide, short, funnel-shaped neck widening towards the spout. Wide spout, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Flat, asymmetrical bottom. Surface leveled. Lower part finished 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. Vessel color: dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Ca. 2686–ca. 2181 BC; Old Kingdom, Edfu. Vessel height 16 cm; diameter 8.6 cm rim, 10.7 cm body, 4.5 cm bottom., A single clay vessel with a rounded shoulder and a flared rim, shown centered against a plain gray background, has a rough textured surface with visible pitting and small dark speckles; the vessel is mainly terracotta red with patches of darker brown ...
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Vessel, Egyptian pottery, clay vessel, conical-shaped vessel, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Quite wide, almost horizontal shoulders—slightly sloping. Wide, short, funnel-shaped neck widening towards the spout. Wide spout, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Flat, asymmetrical bottom. Surface leveled. Lower part finished 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. Vessel color: dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Ca. 2686–ca. 2181 BC; Old Kingdom, Edfu. Vessel height 16 cm; diameter 8.6 cm rim, 10.7 cm body, 4.5 cm bottom., A single clay vessel with a rounded shoulder and a flared rim, shown centered against a plain gray background, has a rough textured surface with visible pitting and small dark speckles; the vessel is mainly terracotta red with patches of darker brown and small areas of lighter beige wear, and the background is a uniform medium gray.

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Vessel Egyptian pottery clay vessel conical-shaped vessel widest approximately 3 4 height Quite wide almost horizontal shoulders slightly sloping Wide short funnel-shaped neck widening towards spout Wide spout flat upper part slightly rounded bottom slightly asymmetrical Flat asymmetrical bottom Surface leveled Lower part finished approximately 2 3 knife tool Outer surface inner surface rim neck covered layer dark red engobe Vessel color dark red Vessel complete surface eroded places numerous clay chips Ca 2686–ca 2181 Bc Old Kingdom Edfu 16 cm diameter 8.6 cm rim 10.7 cm body 4.5 cm bottom single clay vessel rounded shoulder flared rim shown centered plain gray background rough textured surface visible pitting small dark speckles vessel mainly terracotta red patches darker brown small areas lighter beige wear background uniform medium gray.

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