Thin red-ware bowl with radiate marks inside. This object has been broken and repaired.

Collection type: Object
Description: Thin red-ware bowl with radiate marks inside. This object has been broken and repaired.
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; El Amrah
Person: Field collector David Randall MacIver; PRM source Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 3350-3150 BC Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Pottery
Dimensions: Height: max 110 mm, Diameter: max 256 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.29.63 Other numbers: B.140
Research and responses: p. 28 of excavation publication (1902) " Grave of usual character and dimensions of this class. Normal roof of boughs and mud. Oblong clay coffin, which, judging from pieces of plank inside it, had been furnished with a wooden lid. Sex (?). With the body inside the coffin were limestone vase S17d, alabaster vase S47, Pots L37 and L53e. Outside the coffin were Pots L17a and L38 (three)." This bowl is likely to be the one referred to here as 'L17a' with the 'L' standing for L-ware (Late ware) in Petrie's classification of Predynastic pottery (e.g. see Petrie 1901 Diospolis Parva). The grave probably dates to Naqada [Nagada] IIIA/B (c. 3350–3150 BC ) [AS 15/08/2012].
Associated publications: Randall MacIver, D. and Mace, A. (1902) El Amrah and Abydos 1899-1901. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 07/06/2012] This object was featured in the Museum's audio guide produced during the DCF-funded 'What's Upstairs?' project, 2004–2006. [BR 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005]

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel, Death, Religion, Bowl, Grave Good

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