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Vessel, Egyptian pottery, ceramics, clay vessel. Conical-shaped vessel, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Quite wide, almost horizontal shoulders slightly sloping. Wide, short, funnel-shaped neck, widening towards the spout. Wide spout, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Flat, asymmetrical bottom. Surface leveled. Lower part finished to approximately 2/3 of its height with a knife or similar tool. Outer surface and inner surface of the rim and neck covered with a layer of dark red engobe. Vessel color dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC; provenance Edfu. Vessel height 16 cm; diameter 8.6 cm rim, 10.7 cm body, 4.5 cm bottom., A rounded terracotta object with a rough, speckled surface in shades of reddish-brown and warm orange sits against a flat gray background, showing a recessed circular base area with worn edges and traces of a darker brown patina; the surface has small dark flecks and areas of lighter beige wear, and there is a spot of darker ink-like marking on the base.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_138

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.8Mo (739.6Ko) / 40.0cm x 40.0cm / 4724 x 4724 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vessel Egyptian pottery ceramics clay vessel Conical-shaped vessel widest approximately 3 4 height Quite wide almost horizontal shoulders slightly sloping Wide short funnel-shaped neck widening towards spout Wide spout flat upper part slightly rounded bottom slightly asymmetrical Flat asymmetrical bottom Surface leveled Lower part finished approximately 2 3 knife tool Outer surface inner surface rim neck covered layer dark red engobe Vessel color dark red Vessel complete surface eroded places numerous clay chips Old Kingdom ca 2686–2181 Bc provenance Edfu 16 cm diameter 8.6 cm rim 10.7 cm body 4.5 cm bottom rounded terracotta object rough speckled surface shades reddish-brown warm orange sits flat gray background showing recessed circular base area worn edges traces darker brown patina surface small dark flecks areas lighter beige wear spot darker ink- marking base.