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Object Number
43-42-50/5877
Display Title
Pointed bottom basin or bowl - coarse red ware (Class C)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic bowl, brown ware, crude conical base, outward sloping body, slightly flared flat rim, coarse exterior, small surface losses
Classification
- Bowl
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Old Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
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/
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Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 17.4 × 23 × 23.4 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Other (Representative rim thickness): 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43-42-50/5877; 35-8-58
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1905-1939)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1905-1939)
Exchange participant
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(12/29/1943)
Intermediary
Dows Dunham
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