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Round-bottomed dish
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: 8 x 29.4 cm (3 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.2321
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe stone is fine-grained and wavy-lined. It is red and white veined with a band of coarse-grained. The shape is convex. 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.