The vessel was made in the form of a low round pot with a small round base (4.5 cm), a relatively small neck and an elevated convex wide edge. Small drilled cylindrical handles are placed on both sides. These forms of vessels with cylindrical fingers and edges, as seen on this example, were mainly made during the Naqad culture period. They were commonly used in daily life activities and were discovered when excavating various tombs where they are housed as a typical funeral equipment.
It was made of red breccio. Red and white breccia vessels were usually made during the Naqade period.
The vessel was previously dated to the Early Renaissance period.
Catalogue entry
Vessel Museum Mimara, Zagreb Collection of the Ancient Civilizations Inv. no. ATM 230 Egypt, unknown site late Naqada I-Naqada III (3600-3100 B.C.). Material: red breccia. 6.7 x 11.3 cm, diameter of rim: 4,5 cm
Resources
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Čukman Nikolić, Ivana; Tomorad, Mladen. „The Collection of Egyptian Artifacts in the Mimara Museum in Zagreb (Croatia)“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 59-74. no. 1, 60, fig. 49
Tomorad, Mladen. “Re-dating of three Ancient Egyptian artefacts from Naqada I-III and the Archaic Period in the Mimara museum in Zagreb”. Prilozi instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu 29 (2012): 185-194. 187-189, fig. 1
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Tomorad, Mladen. „The Ancient Egyptian Antiquities in Institutional and Private Collections in Croatia“. U: Tomorad, Mladen (ur.). A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe. Oxford, 2015: 31-58. 46.
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Tomorad, Mladen. Egipat u Hrvatskoj: egipatske starine u hrvatskoj znanosti i kulturi. Zagreb, 2003. 64, fn. 384, 67, fig. 63.
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