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Object Number
43-42-50/5876
Display Title
Bent-sided bowl or basin - plain red ware
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic partial bowl, mended from 31 fragments, red ware, some fire clouding, rounded base, bent sides, slightly flared rim, losses to rim and body, includes two sherds
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Egypt
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Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 15.4 × 32.2 × 29 cm (6 1/16 × 12 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Other (Representative wall thickness): 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
43-42-50/5876; 34-10-1
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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