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Redware bowl with snake potmark
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 813
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 26.5 cm (4 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5404
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: Redware (P Ware)
Vessel type: Bowl
Profile: Straight
Rim type: Plain
Base: Flat
Surface Condition: Interior slip and horizontal burnishing streaks
Vessel Condition: Two Fragments; 75% complete
Decoration:
Other: Potmark of snake and two triangles similar to M/17/2. Similar to snake potmarks in Petrie "Diospolis" Plate XXIII #23 and Plate XXI #42, 45.
Four small black spots.
Vessel type: Bowl
Profile: Straight
Rim type: Plain
Base: Flat
Surface Condition: Interior slip and horizontal burnishing streaks
Vessel Condition: Two Fragments; 75% complete
Decoration:
Other: Potmark of snake and two triangles similar to M/17/2. Similar to snake potmarks in Petrie "Diospolis" Plate XXIII #23 and Plate XXI #42, 45.
Four small black spots.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 813. could be "red washed in bowl" notation
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.
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.