Caption

Cake baking mold. A vessel so-called flower pot for baking bread with a conical shape and a flat bottom. Shape irregular; straight, flaring spout; irregular bottom with a hole c. 6 cm diameter made before firing. Wheel-made from Nile clay of type NB2 Vienna System. Surface level; outer part near bottom and bottom finished with a knife or similar tool. Vessel color yellowish-red. Very well preserved. Rim diameter 22.3–25.2 cm; bottom diameter 10.2–11 cm; height 17.4 cm. c. 1550–1069 BC, New Kingdom, Deir el-Medina., A round, shallow object with a central irregular hole sits against a smooth background; the object displays a range of earthy terracotta and brown tones with subtle variations and darker spots, and the background is a solid cool gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_203

License type

Rights managed

Available size

83.8Mb (2.2Mb) / 18.0in x 18.0in / 5411 x 5411 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cake baking mold vessel -called flower pot baking bread conical shape flat bottom Shape irregular straight flaring spout irregular bottom hole c 6 cm diameter firing Wheel- Nile clay type NB2 Vienna System Surface level outer part near bottom bottom finished knife tool Vessel color yellowish-red well preserved Rim diameter 22.3–25.2 cm bottom diameter 10.2–11 cm height 17.4 cm c 1550–1069 Bc New Kingdom Deir el-Medina round shallow object central irregular hole sits smooth background object displays range earthy terracotta brown tones subtle variations darker spots background solid cool gray.