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Fragment of a footed bowl
Egyptian
Predynastic
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Merimda Beni Salama, W O.127
Medium/Technique
Pottery (Nile silt ware)
Dimensions
Width: 12.7 cm (0.127 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert Rothbart
Accession Number33.411
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionCooking pot with feet. Pinkish red ware, in part black through defective firing. Roughly hand made, pink wash outside. Parts of 2 feet preserved.
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations; 1933; given to the MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)