Handmade bowl of black topped red ware, black mouth and burnished black interior. Reddish orange exterior with painted red wash, and polished. Well fired fabric, probably locally made. Squat ovaloid body with a slightly flat base. Narrowing at the top to a recurved, unmodelled rim. Broken and repaired.
Object details
- Reference: BOLMG:1920.10.8.c
- Material: pottery
- Culture: Lower Egypt - Upper Egypt
- Period: Predynastic Period
- Dated: 5300 - 3000 BC
- Object name: bowl
- Dimensions: Length: 149mm , Width: 149mm , Depth: 110mm
- Published references: EEF Archaeological Report 1905-6, 20; 1907-8, 19; ASAE 8, 138
- Site: Qushtamna