Object Image

Bowl

Unknown Artist

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

1.2 in

36.3.185b

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