IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 59999 accession number: E.GA.6390.1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Clay bowl, handmade with finger marks inside. The outside has a vertical rippling effect, together with horizontal burnishing both in and out. This type of effect was often created by using a stone. The base is unevenly finished with the result that the bowl does not sit straight. This type of rippled ware pottery was commonly made in Nubia (Southern Egypt and Sudan) during the fourth millennium BC. The walls of the pot are very thin measuring 3.50 mm at their thickest point. The clay used is nile silt and it is fired to produce a dark finish that is so typical of early Nubian pottery. The findspot of this object is uncertain, it is likely that it was made in Nubia and was perhaps then traded or taken to Egypt, where it was most likely included as a grave object, belonging to a trader or settler. This type of pottery is known as A-group by archaeologists because of its early date within the chronological sequence for early Nubia. there are some chips around the rim, otherwise the vessel is in good condition. object type: Clay handmade bowl with rippled decoration. title: bowl LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59999 TECHNIQUES ---------- burnished TECHNIQUES ---------- handmade CATEGORIES ------ category: vessel DATING ------ creation date: 3500 - 3000 creation date earliest: 3500 creation date latest: 3000 culture: A-Group DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: m value: 0.179 dimension: Height units: m value: 0.124 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Umm el-Ga'ab CITATIONS -------- Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/mid_E_GA_6390_1943_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/preview_E_GA_6390_1943_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/mid_E_GA_6390_1943_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/preview_E_GA_6390_1943_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/mid_E_GA_6390_1943_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/preview_E_GA_6390_1943_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/mid_E_GA_6390_1943_284_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/preview_E_GA_6390_1943_284_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/mid_E_GA_6390_1943_285_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/E_GA_6390_1943_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant3/preview_E_GA_6390_1943_285_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/E_GA_6390_1943.jpg height: 618 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/mid_E_GA_6390_1943.jpg height: 407 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/E_GA_6390_1943.jpg height: 618 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/preview_E_GA_6390_1943.jpg height: 203 pixels width: 250 pixels