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Redware bowl
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 4440 A shaft
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: redware
Vessel type: bowl
Profile: slightly carinated
Rim type: plain
Base: rounded
Surface Condition: unevenly fired; interior surface blackened
Vessel Condition: six total fragments; incomplete
Decoration:
Other: two fragments were found on shelf CC, section 6, 0A02 Basement South 8/16/04, sherds unmarked but fit with numbered fragment
Vessel type: bowl
Profile: slightly carinated
Rim type: plain
Base: rounded
Surface Condition: unevenly fired; interior surface blackened
Vessel Condition: six total fragments; incomplete
Decoration:
Other: two fragments were found on shelf CC, section 6, 0A02 Basement South 8/16/04, sherds unmarked but fit with numbered fragment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 4440 A shaft. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.