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Ceramics
Black-Topped Red Ware Vessel
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
6 1/4 x 5 1/16 in. (15.9 x 12.8 cm)
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with base
overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
Before 3200 BCE
3210 BCE
3201 BCE
from Rochester collections
Ceramics
The interior and rim of these red vessels were purposely blackened through carbonization by standing a hot, freshly fired pot, rim down, on a bed of chopped straw or chaff.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1928.106
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
negative
4 x 5
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28.106DI#1
digital image
12/18/2007
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Loaf of Bread from a Tomb
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
7 5/8 x 8 9/16 in. (19.3 x 21.7 cm)
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with base
overall
Bread dough
Bread dough
Before 3400 BCE
3410 BCE
3401 BCE
Before 2000 BCE, Egyptian, food, from Rochester collections, funerary objects
This mummified loaf still retains the pointed shape of the jar in which it was stored, which cracked away over the millennia.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1928.122
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
28.122DI1
digital image
3/4
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28.122detDI1
digital image
front
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28.122DI#3
digital image
Three-quarter
12/18/2007
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Ceramics
Boat Model from a Child's Tomb
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
4 5/16 x 15 15/16 x 4 1/8 in. (11 x 40.5 x 10.5 cm)
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overall
overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
before 3400 BCE
3410 BCE
3401 BCE
Before 2000 BCE, boats, ceramics, Egyptian, from Rochester collections, funerary objects
Ceramics
1928.362
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/4/2001
28.362SL1
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2 x 2
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2 x 3
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negative
3 x 5
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28.362DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging Complete
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28.362DI#2
digital image
Three-quarter
12/18/2007
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28.362DI#3
digital image
three quarter view
12/18/2007
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Ceramics
Figure of a Goddess of the Dancer Type
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (19 x 11.5 x 6 cm)
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without base
overall
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with base
overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
before 3400 BCE
3410 BCE
3401 BCE
Before 2000 BCE, ceramics, Egyptian, from Rochester collections, women
Ceramics
The female figure was the most common subject of the clay figures of the Predynastic age. Simple and smooth, the primitive totemic figures were often reduced to lumps of clay with only the female features in detail. Many of these statuettes must have represented the fertility or mother-goddess. Others may have represented loved ones, servants, or dancing women who accompany the deceased to the next life.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1928.376
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/4/2001
28.376SL1
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2 x 2
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8 x 10
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glossy
side view
2 x 3
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5 x 6
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frontal
3 x 5
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side view
3 x 5
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28.376DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging Complete
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28.376DI2
digital image
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28.376DI3
digital image
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28.376DI#4
digital image
Front
12/18/2007
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28.376DI#5
digital image
three quarter view
12/18/2007
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x-ray
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Ceramics
Cylindrical Jar
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
10 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (26.3 x 11.5 cm)
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base
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top
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overall
overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
3600 BCE - 3200 BCE
3600 BCE
3200 BCE
Before 2000 BCE, ceramics, daily life, Egyptian, Egyptian, jars, vessels
Ceramics
The painted decoration reproduces for eternity the string or straw mesh holder in which jars like this hung in daily life.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
bottom
1951.201.1
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/13/2001
negative
2 x 2.5
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glossy
8 x 10
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51.201.2DI2
digital image
00/00/00
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51.201.1DI#3
digital image
Side
12/18/2007
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Jewelry
Palette for Cosmetics
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
2 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/16 in. (6.5 x 9.6 x 0.8 cm)
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overall
overall
Green slate
Green slate
ca. 3400 BCE
3405 BCE
3395 BCE
Jewelry
This carefully balanced piece may have been used to predict the will of the gods or the future by observing its movements when suspended.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1982.16
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/14/2001
82.16SL1
slide
2 x 2
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3x2
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4x5
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82.16DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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82.16DI#2
digital image
12/18/2007
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Ceramics
Cylindrical Jar
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
9 in. (22.9 cm)
Terracotta
Terracotta
3600 BCE - 3200 BCE
3600 BCE
3200 BCE
Before 2000 BCE, ceramics, daily life, Egyptian, Egyptian, jars, vessels
Ceramics
1951.201.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/25/2007
51.201.2DI#1
digital image
Side
9/25/2007
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