Caption

Bowl, Egyptian ceramic bowl with conical shape and ring-shaped bottom. Wheel-made from Nile clay type NB2 Vienna System. Surface even, covered with red engobe; inner surface polished. Straight rim slightly curled toward center; bottom wheel-modeled. Black painted band ~1 cm on inside and outside of rim. Vessel color red. Preservation: quite good, minor losses on rim and small surface damages. Comparative: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty ca. 1550–1295 BC; Tuthmosis III, Deir el-Medina; vessel height 5.5 cm, rim diameter 16.4 cm, bottom diameter 3.6 cm., A shallow, rounded ceramic bowl with a wide rim and a small foot, shown against a pale gray background. The bowl's exterior surface is a warm reddish-brown with patches of darker brown and small areas of rough texture. The rim has a darker, almost blackened band along its top edge. The surface shows several irregular pits and spots of lighter tan and dark brown, giving it a weathered, earthy appearance. The background is a uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_009

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.4Mb (666.3Kb) / 20.0in x 9.2in / 6000 x 2764 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Egyptian ceramic bowl conical shape ring-shaped bottom Wheel- Nile clay type NB2 Vienna System Surface even covered red engobe inner surface polished Straight rim slightly curled center bottom wheel-modeled Black painted band ~1 cm inside outside Vessel color red Preservation quite good minor losses small surface damages Comparative New Kingdom 18th Dynasty ca 1550–1295 Bc Tuthmosis III Deir el-Medina vessel height 5.5 cm rim diameter 16.4 cm bottom diameter 3.6 cm shallow rounded ceramic bowl wide rim small foot shown pale gray background bowl's exterior surface warm reddish-brown patches darker brown small areas rough texture darker almost blackened band top edge surface several irregular pits spots lighter tan dark brown giving weathered earthy appearance background uniform light gray.