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Object Number
43-42-50/5875
Display Title
Restored red polished ware bowl (Class D)
Descriptions
Object Description
Restored red polished ware bowl (Class D)
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, red ware, remnants of red slip overall, rounded base and body, slightly constricted collar and rim, horizontal groove line below exterior rim, area of fire clouding on exterior surface, mended from fifteen sherds, sherds missing from body and rim
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
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Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 14.9 × 19.5 × 20.6 cm (5 7/8 × 7 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Other (Representative thickness of rim): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5875; 14-2-24
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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