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Badly eroded sherds
Egyptian
Predynastic
3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 890
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
not reconstructable
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5817
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: Nile silt
Vessel type: unknown
Profile: unknown
Rim type: unknown
Base: unknown
Surface Condition: extremely fragile and crumbly; dark brown
Vessel Condition: poor; 3 larger fragments and a bad of associated debris
Decoration: none
Other:
Vessel type: unknown
Profile: unknown
Rim type: unknown
Base: unknown
Surface Condition: extremely fragile and crumbly; dark brown
Vessel Condition: poor; 3 larger fragments and a bad of associated debris
Decoration: none
Other:
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 890 [M/890/2]. 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.