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Clay bowl: E.78.1911

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Description

Clay bowl, red polish with black top decoration.

Clay bowl, made from Nile silt clay. Red polish with black top decoration. The interior is also black. The vessel is finger-modelled with horizontal burnishing inside and out. This type of pottery came from burials known as 'Pan-grave', which are shallow graves sometimes re-using earlier burial shafts. Pan-grave was a Nubian culture. This vessel was excavated from the cemetery of Abydos. The vessel has roughly one third missing and the remaining sections have a number of breaks, which have been repaired.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.175 m
Length: 0.115 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911) by The Egyptian Exploration Fund

Dating

Second Intermediate period
Circa -1794 BCE - Circa -1550 BCE

Techniques used in production

Burnished
Finger-modelled

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.78.1911
Primary reference Number: 51305
Oldadmincategory: P

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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