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MM 16036 :: sherd, fragment

Object description: Rim sherd of a porous and poorly fired pot, vessel. Interior grey brown, exterior grey. Exterior decoration: just below the rim features a horizontal ledge with incised vertical rectangular depressions.

Data elements

Inventory number

MM 16036

Serie nummer

127

Previous ID

E6036

Object

sherd; fragment

Object, Swedish

skärva; krukskärva

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Merimde 1934:1, square B18

Material

Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Lera; Keramik; Keramik

Acquisition

Excavation

Acquisition, Swedish

Utgrävning.

Description

Rim sherd of a porous and poorly fired pot, vessel. Interior grey brown, exterior grey. Exterior decoration: just below the rim features a horizontal ledge with incised vertical rectangular depressions.

Period

Merimde (c.4800-c.4300 BC), Predynastic Period

Period, Swedish

Merimde (ca.4800-ca.4300 f Kr), Fördynastisk tid

Comments

This object was studied by Josh Emmitt 2014

Keyword

rowl1; Rowland juli-2015; Maczyńska juli-2015; ceramics

Publications

Larsen, Hjalmar, Verzierte Tongefäßscherben aus Merimde Benisalame in der ägyptischen Abteilung des Mittelmeermuseums in Stockholm, OrSu, Vol.VII, (1958), Uppsala, 1959, p.18, fig.5

Larsen, Hjalmar, Die Merimdekeramik im Mittelmeermuseum Stockholms, OrSu, Vol.XI, (1962), Uppsala, 1963, p.45,

Height / Höjd

3,2 cm

Width / Bredd

3,1 cm

Thickness / Tjocklek

1-0,5 cm

Dimensions

H. 3.2 cm, W. 3.1 cm, T. 1-0.5 cm

Condition

Fragmentary

Original register

Egypt

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MM 16036 :: sherd, fragment

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