Pottery bowl, globular body, orange fabric decorated with 4 bands of red wavy lines. [ASh [OPS move] 10/02/2016] [AS 19/10/2009].

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery bowl, globular body, orange fabric decorated with 4 bands of red wavy lines. [ASh [OPS move] 10/02/2016] [AS 19/10/2009].
Long description: Pottery bowl, globular body, orange fabric decorated with 4 bands of red wavy lines, a spiral on the base and 3 sets of parallel way lines on the flat-topped rim. Two perforated side pieces for suspension [ASh [OPS move] 10/02/2016] [AS 19/10/2009].
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 3600-3350 BC Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Thrown, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Painted, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 133 mm, Height: max 85 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.29.77 Other numbers: b 1073
Research and responses: In Petrie's (1921) Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes this vessel would be classed as a D68 B, the 'D' standing for 'D-ware' (decorated-ware) and dates to Naqada [Nagada] IIC-IID (c. 3600-3350 BC) [AS 15/08/2012].
Associated publications: Randall MacIver, D. and Mace, A. (1902) El Amrah and Abydos 1899-1901. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.

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