Large Bowl with Beveled Internal Rim
ca. 2800-2675 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
These finely crafted objects demonstrate the mastery of stoneworking in the Early Dynastic Period. An artisan fitted the two parts of the alabaster jar together. The other three pieces were created by grinding and drilling the extremely hard stone and then polishing it with abrasives.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Anorthosite gneiss or diorite
- Medium
- anorthosite, gneiss, diorite
- Locations
- Possible place made: Saqqara, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 4
- Period
- early Dynastic Period
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (15 x 32 cm)
- Accession Number
- 37.78E
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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