Légende

Vessel, Egyptian pottery; Vessel with a conical belly, widest in its upper part approx. 4/5 of the vessel's height. Rounded bottom. Irregularly marked shoulders—clearly sloping on one side, short and almost horizontal on the opposite. Straight, slightly tapering rim. Hand-made vessel of not very well-worked Nile clay with numerous organic inclusions and limestone particles visible on the surface. Surface uneven with numerous uneven depressions; color brown. Quite well preserved—cracks on the surface result from poor clay kneading. ca. 2686–ca. 2181 BC Old Kingdom, Edfu; vessel; height 38 cm; diameter 11.7 cm rim, 15.7 cm body., A roughly spherical, textured object with an uneven, pitted surface in shades of tan, beige, brown, and muted orange, with small patches of gray and faint bluish tones; the object sits against a uniform light gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A04_448

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

94.3Mo (1.9Mo) / 48.6cm x 48.6cm / 5742 x 5742 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vessel Egyptian pottery conical belly widest upper part approx 4 5 vessel's height Rounded bottom Irregularly marked shoulders sloping side short almost horizontal opposite Straight slightly tapering rim Hand- vessel well-worked Nile clay numerous organic inclusions limestone particles visible surface Surface uneven numerous uneven depressions color brown Quite well preserved cracks surface result poor clay kneading ca 2686–ca 2181 BC Old Kingdom Edfu height 38 cm diameter 11.7 cm rim 15.7 cm body roughly spherical textured object uneven pitted surface shades tan beige brown muted orange small patches gray faint bluish tones object sits uniform light gray background.