Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Large Bowl with Beveled Internal Rim

Accession: 37.78E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 4
Date: ca. 2800–2675 B.C.E.
Date range: 2800 BCE – 2675 BCE
Materials: ['Anorthosite gneiss or diorite']
Height: 15.0 cm
Width: 32.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Large Bowl with Beveled Internal Rim (37.78E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/38309

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Object Label: These finely crafted objects demonstrate the mastery of stoneworking in the Early Dynastic Period. An artisan fitted the two parts of the alabaster jar together. The other three pieces were created by grinding and drilling the extremely hard stone and then polishing it with abrasives. Caption: Large Bowl with Beveled Internal Rim, ca. 2800–2675 B.C.E.. Anorthosite gneiss or diorite, 5 7/8 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (15 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.78E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Saqqara

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.78E tier-2
BKM-Object 3959 tier-2

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