Cross-lined bowl with basketwork pattern of cross-hatched triangles and a central medallion
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery: Nile silt ware
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 6.5 x 15.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.307
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 77 [M/77/1]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; awarded to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
Badarian, 4500–3800 B.C.
Badarian, 4500–3800 B.C.
Badarian, 4500–3800 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.
4500–3800 B.C.