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Deep bowl Predynastic PeriodMatmar

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 32.2.32. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 32.2.32
Find spot: Matmar, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Date range: 4500 BCE – 4000 BCE
Materials: ['pottery']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Deep bowl (32.2.32). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/58856

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Bowl, rough ware. Predynastic Period, ca. 4500–4000 B.C. Pottery. H. 8 cm (3 1/8 in); diam. 12 cm (4 3/4 in). From: Cemetery 3100, Thrown out of grave, Matmar, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.

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Found at Matmar

Materials Pottery

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