Small, straight sided dish with plain rim and flat base. Coarse Nile silt with straw temper; pinkish-red slip on interior. Irregularly formed so that vessels lists to one side. Encrusted depression in interior base. Rim chipped.
Provenance
From Elkab. 1897, excavated by J. E. Quibell for the Egyptian Research Account , assigned to the Egyptian Research Account in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; given to the MFA by the ERA in response for contributions.
Credit Line
Egyptian Research Account by subscription
Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, 2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot
El-Kab, Egypt
Accession Number
97.1032
Medium or Technique
Pottery