Vessel with hieratic inscription. Clay ceramic hand-made vessel, turned in the upper part neck, spout. Conical shape tapering toward a pointed bottom, irregular, widest at approximately 3/4 of the height. Narrow, slightly sloping shoulders; short, wide neck; rounded, slightly flaring spout. Smooth surface, light red color. Made of Nile clay NB2 Vienna System. Remains of a hieratic inscription in black on the lower part of the belly. Quite well preserved; rim slightly damaged. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC. Height 15.7 cm; diameter rim 5.7 cm; diameter belly 8.5 cm. Comparative parallels cited from Petrie, Reisner, Brunton, Mace, Keiser and others., A large rounded ceramic vessel with a tapered pointed base and a short flared neck, shown against a plain light gray background; the vessel surface is textured and uneven with visible small pits and rough patches, and its color is predominantly earthy brown with subtle variations of tan and ochre and tiny specks of darker brown.
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Vessel with hieratic inscription. Clay ceramic hand-made vessel, turned in the upper part neck, spout. Conical shape tapering toward a pointed bottom, irregular, widest at approximately 3/4 of the height. Narrow, slightly sloping shoulders; short, wide neck; rounded, slightly flaring spout. Smooth surface, light red color. Made of Nile clay NB2 Vienna System. Remains of a hieratic inscription in black on the lower part of the belly. Quite well preserved; rim slightly damaged. Old Kingdom, ca. 2686–2181 BC. Height 15.7 cm; diameter rim 5.7 cm; diameter belly 8.5 cm. Comparative parallels cited from Petrie, Reisner, Brunton, Mace, Keiser and others., A large rounded ceramic vessel with a tapered pointed base and a short flared neck, shown against a plain light gray background; the vessel surface is textured and uneven with visible small pits and rough patches, and its color is predominantly earthy brown with subtle variations of tan and ochre and tiny specks of darker brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A04_359

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.8Mo (2.0Mo) / 31.5cm x 50.8cm / 3719 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vessel hieratic inscription Clay ceramic hand- vessel turned upper part neck spout Conical shape tapering pointed bottom irregular widest approximately 3 4 height Narrow slightly sloping shoulders short wide neck rounded flaring Smooth surface light red color Nile clay NB2 Vienna System Remains black lower part belly Quite well preserved rim slightly damaged Old Kingdom ca 2686–2181 Bc Height 15.7 cm diameter rim 5.7 cm diameter belly 8.5 cm Comparative parallels cited Petrie Reisner Brunton Mace Keiser large ceramic vessel tapered pointed base flared neck shown plain light gray background vessel surface textured uneven visible small pits rough patches color predominantly earthy brown subtle variations tan ochre tiny specks darker brown.

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