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Potsherd
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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
Carinated bowl
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
Pottery ring stand
Ritual vessel (hes-jar)
Ritual vessel (hes-jar)
2960–2465 B.C.
Black-topped jar with incised figure of a ram
Black-topped jar with incised figure of a ram
Nagada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Group shot: 11.313, 99.710, 09.379
Bowl in the form of a bird
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Model bowl
Model bowl
2575–2528 B.C.
Neckless shouldered jar
Neckless shouldered jar
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 37.2696, 37.2698, 37.2691, 37.2695, 37.2688, 37.2736, 37.2668, 37.2712, 37.2666, 37…
Lid
2575–2528 B.C.
Jar stand
Jar stand
2575–2528 B.C.
Image Not Available for Miniature neckless shouldered jar
Miniature neckless shouldered jar
2575–2465 B.C.
Spouted bowl with recurved rim
Spouted bowl with recurved rim
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 37.2696, 37.2698, 37.2691, 37.2695, 37.2688, 37.2736, 37.2668, 37.2712, 37.2666, 37…
Footed vessel
2575–2528 B.C.