<em>Ovoid Bottle</em>, ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.352_bw.jpg)

Ovoid Bottle, ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.352_bw.jpg)

Ovoid Bottle, ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.349_.397_.1374_.441_.338_.352_.402_.331_.399_.365_.343_09.889.687_09.889.437_09.889.557_NegID_07.447.343GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Ovoid Bottle, ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 07.447.331_.338_.441_.343_.349_.352_.365_.397_.399_.1374_09.889.437_09.889.557_09.889.687_bw.jpg)

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Ovoid Bottle

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay

DATES ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E.

PERIOD Predynastic Period, Naqada I Period

DIMENSIONS 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 07.447.352

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Ovoid Bottle, ca. 3800-3500 B.C.E. Clay, 6 9/16 x Diam. 4 5/16 in. (16.7 x 10.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.352. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.352_bw.jpg)

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