Ancient Egyptian bowl from Tarkhan dated 3000 – 2890 BC

Small alabaster bowl with a roughly hyperboloid body and a flat foot. With a straight, unmodelled rim. broken and repaired.

Ancient Egyptian bowl from Tarkhan dated 3000 – 2890 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1913.59.2.2
  • Material: alabaster
  • Culture: Dynasty 1
  • Period: Early Dynastic Period
  • Excavator: Guy Brunton
  • Dated: 3000 - 2890 BC
  • Object name: bowl
  • Dimensions: Length: 117mm , Width: 117mm , Depth: 41mm
  • Published references: Engelbach R British School of Archaeology in Egypt and the Egyptian Research Account nineteenth year 1913: Riqqeh and Memphis VI 1915
  • Site: Tarkhan
  • Latitude: 29.5
  • Longitude: 31.225