Bowl with Archaic Inscription on Base, 2955/2780 BC

  • Egyptian

Carved stone

  • height x diameter: 3 x 4 7/8 in. 7.5 x 12.5 cm

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry G. Fischer

1984.48

Two-character inscription on the underside of base: braided rope (emphatic h) and a loaf (t) = het.

Fischer, Henry G., "A First Dynasty Bowl Inscribed with the Group Ht," CHRONIQUE D' EGYPTE, XXXVI, no 71, 1961, pp 19-22.

Egyptian, Bowl with Archaic Inscription on Base, 2955/2780 BC, Carved stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry G. Fischer, 1984.48.