Small simple bowl
- Accession Number
- W742
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Egypt and its Neighbours
- Object Type
- Receptacle/vessel, Bowl
- Material
- Pottery (Nile silt)
- Provenance
- Nubia, Meroe, Tomb 304
- Measurements
- Height: 50mm | Maximum diameter: 118mm | Rim diameter: 112mm | Base diameter: 34mm | Height of maximum diameter: 50mm | Vessel index: 236
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Nubian
Licensing details
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- Description
-
A black hand-made pottery bowl with triangular decoration on the rim. It has a flat base and a trimmed rim. The pattern around the rim consists of large incised triangles each containing six smaller triangles impressed with a stamp. There is single flange on the rim with a vertical, prefiring hole through it. The bowl is black-fired and burnished. The label on the side indicates that the vessel originates from tomb 304 at Meroe, which was excavated by John Garstang in 1910. Garstang describes this tomb as a ring-graves, formed of dark pebbles, which a double entrance. It was purchased by Wellcome in 1920.
- Munsell Chart reading
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10YR 3/1 Very dark grey.
- Wellcome Number
- A26616
- Other Identity
- 304z (excavation number written on the side in black ink)
- Auction
- Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge: 16–19 Jul 1912, Lot 192 | J. C. Stevens. Auction and Sale Rooms: 15 Jun 1920, Lot 293
- Auction Details
- Gourd-shaped bowl, found in Egypt, with embossed decoration, rare; bowl with decorated rim, and 2 others plain.
- Previous Owners
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936) | Henry Martyn Kennard (1833–1911)
- Excavation Details
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Excavated by John Garstang within tomb 304 at Meroe in 1910
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 25 Feb 2022