Potsherds

Museum number:
6-6041
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060006041
Alternate number:
6-23636 (attributed PAHMA number, recat), 6-5772 (associated catalog number), and TEMP 2015.0964 (temporary number, multiple cat #s)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/109
Description:
Pottery; mixed fragments
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain grave, Ballas, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Ballas
Culture or time period:
Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Potsherds and Pottery
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
Malu Beltran of the Egyptian Ceramics Surge project of ca. 2004-2007 noted that one or more fragments labeled '6-6041' were found on a vessel that is now labeled '6-23636'.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragmentsHearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragments
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Potsherds, accession number 6-6041, described as Pottery; mixed fragments

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