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Ware type: R ware Vessel type: dish Profile: thick-walled Rim type: irregular Base: flat Surface Condition: R ware Vessel Condition: complete Decoration: Other: large pot mark on base in rough shape of two adjacent squares with lines protruding from top
Provenance
From Mesaid tomb 949 [M/949]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Predynastic Period, Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Findspot
Mesaid, Egypt
Dimensions
Overall: 4.5 x 9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
13.5402
Medium or Technique
Pottery