Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Collection place: Giza plateau, Giza, Lower Egypt - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 6-19784, described as Curved diorite bowl with five in-turned rim sections. Thin and translucent.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 6-19874, described as The bowl is carved from a single piece of stone. It is carved to have five “turned-in” sections of the rim. It has a shallow incised circle on the interior bottom. Probable materials: diorite gneiss or anorthosite gneiss (Egyptian name: mntt) This vessel appears to be made of a diorite gneiss used for Egyptian vessels and statuary. This stone is composed of translucent white plagioclase and dark hornblende with some biotite. Stones like this one, which are predominantly white with patches of dark minerals, are more specifically called anorthosite gneiss. See B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels, Studien zur Archaeologie und Geschichte Altagyptens, Vol. 5, 1994, p. 62-64. Overall: 4.5 x 21 cm (1 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches).

Hearst Museum object titled Broken jar, accession number 6-19819, described as Jar, broken, unpolished

Hearst Museum object titled Broken jar, accession number 6-19818, described as Jar, broken, unpolished

Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 5-1453, described as Crude pottery vase, very small

Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 5-1492, described as Small pottery disk

Hearst Museum object titled Dish fragments, accession number 6-19758, described as Fragments of a thick stone dish.

Hearst Museum object titled Dish fragments, accession number 6-19757, described as Fragments of thick stone dish.

Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 6-19778, described as Red ware with alternating rows of white and black dots.