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The geometric decoration on this bowl is also found on pottery from Nubia and represents the ways in which objects and visual ideas from throughout Egypt and Africa made their way to Kharga. The pigment, however, was likely from a local source of red-ochre, which suggest that the bowl was made by a pottery workshop in the Western Desert.
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Title: Bowl with Floral Motifs
Date: 4th–7th century
Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Earthenware, slip, oxide pigment
Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 x 5 3/16 in. (4.5 x 13.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.10.20.224
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