This small red ware dish was used as a lid for for a pitcher that was found in the tomb of an unnamed woman. The dish was placed up-side-down over the mouth of the jar and its edges were trimmed to correspond to the lip of the jar.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936
c. 1479-1458 B.C.
Pottery (nile b), paint
1.2in
36.3.185b
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