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C ware bowl with horned quadrupeds

Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 29

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .049 H. .23 Length: .162 W.
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.320
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRed ground; hand polished; designs painted in white; all over the interior; animals, etc.; broken and mended.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 29, no. 2 [M/29/2]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.