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Burnished clay bowl

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Title/s	Burnished clay bowl
Category	vessel
Name	bowl
Description	bowl, with black top decoration. From a grave belonging to an elderly woman. Made from Nile silt clay.
Field Collection	grave of old female Matmar Egypt
Dimensions	diameter 15 cm
Period	Badarian Predynastic
Date	4400 B.C. — 4000 B.C.
Provenance	given: British Museum 1928 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Brunton, G. Matmar [comments: pl. IV, 8] Brunton, G. Caton-Thompson, G. The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari [comments: pl. XIII, XX]
Material/s	ceramic
Accession Number	E.12.1931 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 52493; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-12)

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Burnished clay bowl