Caption

Bowl, Deep, cup-shaped clay bowl with a slightly convex bottom and sides arching upwards; straight, flat-top, flaring rim. Made of Nile clay NB1 ?. Covered with an engobe mixed with red ochre and thoroughly polished; vessel color red. Well-preserved with slight damage to the rim. Height 13.8 cm; rim diameter 28.8 cm; bottom diameter 11.9 cm. Comparable parallels attributed to Dyns. IV–VI and late VI Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC., A single shallow vessel with a wide flaring rim and a narrower base, shown against a plain gray background; the vessel has an earthy reddish-brown color with patches of darker and lighter brown and some subtle surface texture and wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_455

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78.5Mb (760.9Kb) / 15.2in x 20.0in / 4571 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Deep cup-shaped clay bowl slightly convex bottom sides arching upwards straight flat-top flaring rim Nile clay NB1 Covered engobe mixed red ochre thoroughly polished vessel color red Well-preserved slight damage rim Height 13.8 cm rim diameter 28.8 cm bottom diameter 11.9 cm Comparable parallels attributed Dyns Iv–Vi late VI Old Kingdom ca 2686–2181 Bc single shallow vessel wide flaring narrower base shown plain gray background vessel earthy reddish-brown color patches darker lighter brown subtle surface texture wear.