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Black incised bowl

Egyptian
Early Predynastic Period
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 123

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 13.7 cm (3 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.321
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionDark ground; hand worked; geometrical designs incised in the surface, both exterior and interior; broken and mended.
ProvenanceMesaid tomb 123 [M/123/3]. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)