Bowl with Alternate Impressed and Red-polished Panels
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Object Label
Egyptologists are not certain whether this bowl from an Upper Egyptian grave was made by a Nubian or an Egyptian. The zigzag patterns created by the use of rocker stamps and the alternation of polished and impressed panels reflect Nubian traditions of pottery decoration. Perhaps it was an Egyptian reproduction of the Nubian style.
Caption
Nubian. Bowl with Alternate Impressed and Red-polished Panels, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.. Clay, 3 1/2 x 7 9/16 in. (8.9 x 19.2 cm) mount (m2 - overall): 3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (9.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.404. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Culture
Title
Bowl with Alternate Impressed and Red-polished Panels
Date
ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period
Geography
Place excavated: El Ma'mariya, Egypt
Medium
Clay
Classification
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 7 9/16 in. (8.9 x 19.2 cm) mount (m2 - overall): 3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (9.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
07.447.404
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