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Convex redware bowl with triangle motif

Nubian
A-Group
3100–3000 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Egypt), Dakka, Cemetery 101, Grave 611, Number 9

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Height x diameter: 9.8 x 16 cm (3 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. George A. Reisner
Accession Number19.1546
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThis convex redware bowl is decorated with a red painted triangle decoration. The base is rounded, and the rim is plain.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Egypt). 1909-1910: excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.