- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flat oval painted pottery dish, made from red clay. The interior is designed with white chevrons and circular bands.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1900
- Dimensions
- Height: max 30 mm, Diameter: max 180 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.38.109
- Research and responses
Related Documents File - Analyses of pottery & painting pigments by H. Foxwhite F.L.S. [CF 22/10/2001]
In Petrie's classification of Predynastic pottery (e.g. Petrie 1901 Diospolis Parva; Petrie 1921 Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes this would be known as a C-ware (cross-lined) bowl, which is a type of pottery that is characteristic of the early Predynastic, Naqada [Nagada] I period (c. 3900-3700 BC). [AS 20/10/2009].
1900.38.109
Flat oval painted pottery dish, made from red clay. The interior is designed with white chevrons and circular bands.
On display
1900.38.109
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