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Cross-lined bowl with man netting a crocodile
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery U
Medium/Technique
Pottery: Nile silt ware
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 6.2 x 15.6 cm (2 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number11.1460
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionShallow bowl of red Nile sily clay; hand polished; with white line decoration showing a scene of two men using a net to capture a crocodile.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, cemetery U. 1911: excavated by Eric Peet for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund. (Accession Date: October 1, 1911)