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Buffware bowl with potmark
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 958
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 25 cm (4 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13-3-881c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: buffware
Vessel type: bowl
Profile: convex
Rim type: plain
Base: flat
Surface Condition: light orange; no burnishing
Vessel Condition: incomplete, and in thirteen fragments
Decoration: pot mark in the rough shape of a harpoon
Other:
Vessel type: bowl
Profile: convex
Rim type: plain
Base: flat
Surface Condition: light orange; no burnishing
Vessel Condition: incomplete, and in thirteen fragments
Decoration: pot mark in the rough shape of a harpoon
Other:
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 958 [M/958/7]. 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.