Deep bowl
Description
Bowl, rough red pottery. Predynastic, Badarian, ca. 4400–3800 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in); greatest diam. 13 cm (5 /8 in). From: Tomb 6001, Matmar, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.
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.
A small, worn deep ceramic bowl with a chipped rim and a shallow interior, photographed against a light background.
The object is a simple, thick-walled bowl form (lower, rounded body widening toward a chipped rim). The rim shows a noticeable break/repair-like gap at the upper right, and the exterior surface is uneven with minor losses and discoloration consistent with age and handling. Faint, dark marks resembling incised or painted lines are visible on the upper interior/exterior area; these are not clear enough to securely identify as hieroglyphs. No cartouches, clearly readable inscriptions, Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, or identifiable iconography (deities/figures) are apparent in the provided view. The image aligns with the catalogue description of a pottery deep bowl.
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