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Bowl with handle (trulleum)

Bowl illustrating a man on a boat alongside a hippo and crocodile

Classification
dish; tomb equipment
Culture
Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
27.2 x 19.9 x 6.3 cm
Date
Predynastic, Naqada I (ca. 3900–3650 B.C.)
Period
Amratian Period / Naqada I (ca. 4000–3500)
Material
clay
Iconography
human figure; hippopotamus; crocodile; ship; wavy lines
Production place
Egypt
Present location
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art
Inventory
35.10
ID
Per-5304

See the object on the website of the Metropolitan Museum.

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