Shallow dish with pouring lip
Medium:Ceramic (earthenware)
Geography: Excavated at Abydos, Egypt
Date: c. 2345-2181 BC
Period: 6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom
Object number: 909.77.18
Gallery Location:Galleries of Africa: Egypt
DescriptionAfter W. M. Petrie’s excavations at the royal tombs of Abydos in 1900-1901, the Egypt Exploration Fund continued excavations at Abydos. In 1908-1909 cemetery F was excavated by a team headed by W. L.S. Loat and E.R. Ayrton and the contents of one of the tombs, F109, has come to the Royal Ontario Museum. This tomb assemblage represents a typical middle class burial at the end of the Old Kingdom. This shallow dish with a wavy rim that forms a pouring lip was put into the tomb for the use of the deceased. The vessel could have been used as a lamp or for pouring a liquid.
Object History: Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1908-1909
