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Potsherd

pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
FindspotMerimda Beni Salama, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery (Nile silt clay)
DimensionsLength: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Albert Rothbart
Accession number33.415
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Merimda Beni Salama - B. 1928-32, Vienna Academy Excavations; 1933; given to the MFA by Albert Rothbart through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1933)
Carinated bowl
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Bowl in the form of a bird
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Model bowl
2575–2528 B.C.
Lid
2575–2528 B.C.
Jar stand
2575–2528 B.C.
Footed vessel
2575–2528 B.C.