A display of predynastic ancient Egyptian pottery known as the Red-Line Decoration from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The five pots of differing shapes and sizes are decorated with artwork containing geometric patterns, spirals, various animals, and boats, and dates from about 3800-3600 BCE. The pottery shown here are most likely examples of pots made from marl clay. Unlike the more common “Nile silt” pottery, marl clay was considered of higher quality and therefore was often decorated with drawings of boats and animals, (1937).
Authors
New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction
- Collection
- Instructional lantern slides
- Place Discussed
- Africa, Egypt
- Provider
- Empire State Digital Network
- Published in
- Egypt
- Reference
- 861; NYSA_A3045-78_16472; A3045
- Rights
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- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f5e99d7bb8c964990b0eb833153ec6fa
