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English: Pottery from the tomb of Hetepheres, 4th dynasty; flat bottomed bowls with recurved rim and tubular spout; The bowl with flat bottom and recurved rim is one of the most characteristic forms produced by the potter's wheel. The ware used in the Hetep-heres group was mostly red brown ware of fine texture with a smoothed brown surface. The examples found elsewhere were usually of RP ware. The fourteen examples from G 7000 X range from practical vessels of a height of 20 cm. and a diameter of rim of 30 to 34 cm. to small models about 5 cm. high.
Date circa 1927
date QS:P,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source G. A. Reisner: A history of the Giza necropolis. Vol. 2: The tomb of Hetep-Heres, the mother of Cheops, 1955, Pl. 47c
Author G. A. Reisner

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