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Object Number
43-42-50/5864
Display Title
Restored bowl with flaring rim - red polished ware (Class D)
Descriptions
Object Description
Restored bowl with flaring rim - red polished ware (Class D)
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, flat base, outward sloping sides, flared rim, red pigment overall, incised circle on interior base, mended from many sherds, losses to rim and body, surface wear and pigment loss,
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
- Early 4th Hetepheres
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
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/
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/
Giza
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 8.5 × 23.3 × 23 cm (3 3/8 × 9 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Other (Representative wall thickness): 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Other (Base diameters): 5.1 × 5.1 cm (2 × 2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5864; HH / 1258 / 5 [CIRCLED]; # / 16; 1047; 11#; 152; illegible numbers
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1905-1939)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1905-1939)
Exchange participant
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(December 29, 1943)
Intermediary
Dows Dunham
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