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Ware type: Redware (P ware) Vessel type: squat Profile: ovoid Rim type: plain and flaring Base: rounded Surface Condition: red burnished exterior Vessel Condition: complete; good Decoration: none; pierced lug handles (not quite tubular) Other: "29" witten on base in black ink
Provenance
From Mesaid tomb 587 [M/587/2]. 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–II 3850–3300 B.C.
Findspot
Mesaid, Egypt
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 12.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Accession Number
13-3-1130
Medium or Technique
Pottery