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Convex bowl

Egyptian
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 3
2649–2575 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Zawyet el-Aryan, Z 500

Medium/Technique Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions Height x diameter: 11.1 x 27.9 cm (4 3/8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.2315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThe stone is fine-grained and wavy-lined. It has irregular white-veined with opaque white on one side. The base is rounded, and the rim is plain. It is broken and mended. Fragments are missing.
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Z 500. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.