Shallow bowl with vertical rim
Description
Bowl, shallow. Predynastic Period, ca. 3850–2960 B.C. Pottery. From: Cemetery R, Tomb R152e, Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a small shallow ceramic bowl with a flaring/vertical rim and reddish-brown exterior and interior surfaces.
The image shows a single, wheel- or hand-made pottery vessel photographed against a light background. The bowl is low and shallow with a rounded, slightly thick rim that rises vertically outward. The exterior and interior surfaces are reddish-brown with visible smoothing and a matte wear/oxidation layer; fine fabric temper or surface texture is faintly visible. There is no decoration, applied slip, or relief work apparent. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be identified. The object appears intact from the photographed angle, though the overall surface shows age-related discoloration and minor abrasions.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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