Caption

Bowl, A conical clay bowl with a ring-shaped bottom, wheel-made from Nile clay type NB2, Vienna System. Walls even, covered with red engobe; inner surface polished. Rim straight, slightly curled inward; bottom wheel-modeled. A black painted band ~1 cm wide on both the inside and outside of the rim. Vessel color red. Preservation: quite good, minor losses on the rim and minor surface damage. Comparative: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty ca. 1550–1295 BC, Deir el-Medina; vessel height 5.5 cm, rim diameter 16.4 cm, bottom diameter 3.6 cm., A shallow, round ceramic bowl viewed from the side with an uneven rim and a small foot at the base; the bowl surface shows a worn, rough texture with chips and patches of abrasion. The visible colors are reddish-brown on the main body, darker brown and black along the rim, and small areas of pale off-white residue. The background is a smooth light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_008

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.4Mb (629.8Kb) / 20.0in x 9.2in / 6000 x 2764 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl conical clay bowl ring-shaped bottom wheel- Nile clay type NB2 Vienna System Walls even covered red engobe inner surface polished Rim straight slightly curled inward bottom wheel-modeled black painted band ~1 cm wide inside outside rim Vessel color red Preservation quite good minor losses minor surface damage Comparative New Kingdom 18th Dynasty ca 1550–1295 Bc Deir el-Medina vessel height 5.5 cm rim diameter 16.4 cm bottom diameter 3.6 cm shallow round ceramic bowl viewed side uneven rim small foot base bowl surface worn rough texture chips patches abrasion visible colors reddish-brown main body darker brown small areas pale off-white residue background smooth light gray.