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R ware plate or dish

Egyptian
Predynastic
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 57

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 22 cm (2 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number47.2618
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionR ware plate or dish; very crude work with thick walls, roughly oval shape, irregular rim or lip, cracked body, uneven base.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 57 [M/57/2]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: June 2, 2022)