Large shallow redware bowl, in pieces nearly complete of very low-fire silt with heavy straw temper; rounded base with hatch marks cutting the flat rim edge; heavy wear ash discolouration over the exterior and interior.
Provenance
From Gedekol (ASN 76/61/5). 1908. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government. (Accession Date: June 12, 2006)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Nubian, C-Group, about 2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot
Nubia, Egypt
Dimensions
Rim diameter: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
19.3434
Medium or Technique
Pottery