Caption

Bowl. Low bowl with irregular, strongly flaring walls and a rounded bottom. Rounded rim, slightly rolled outward. Surface smoothed and covered with a layer of red engobe. Bottom worked with a tool. Hand-made. Vessel glued together from several fragments. Egyptian pottery, clay vessel; ceramics, bowl. Comparative typology: Reisner, Mycerinus, type XXVII–XXVIII, fig. 72 2–5; c. 2686–2181 BC Old Kingdom, Edfu. Dimensions: height 6.1 cm; diameter rim 28.3 cm; diameter body 28.3 cm., A shallow, rounded clay bowl with an irregular rim is centered against a plain gray background; the bowl has a terracotta color with variations of reddish-brown and muted orange, showing a slightly rough texture and small surface imperfections.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_325

License type

Rights managed

Available size

97.1Mb (496.9Kb) / 20.0in x 18.9in / 6000 x 5655 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Low bowl irregular strongly flaring walls rounded bottom Rounded rim slightly rolled outward Surface smoothed covered layer red engobe Bottom worked tool Hand- Vessel glued together several fragments Egyptian pottery clay vessel ceramics bowl Comparative typology Reisner Mycerinus type XXVII–XXVIII fig 72 2–5 c 2686–2181 BC Old Kingdom Edfu Dimensions height 6.1 cm diameter rim 28.3 cm diameter body 28.3 cm shallow rounded clay bowl irregular rim centered plain gray background terracotta color variations reddish-brown muted orange showing slightly rough texture small surface imperfections.