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"Decorated" Ware Pot, 3400/3200 BC

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. diam (14.2 x 19.7 cm diam)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.78

Excavated probably 1898-99, probably from cemetery B at Abadiyeh (75 miles north of Thebes)

Gift to the Detroit Museum of Art / DIA from The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900 (checklist #120)

Egyptian, "Decorated" Ware Pot, 3400/3200 BC, Terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.78.