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Egypt (Predynastic)
White Cross-Lined Ware Bowl with Geometric Patterns
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Predynastic, Naqada I period (ca. 3700–3650 B.C.)
A dark-red clay bowl bearing white-pigment chevron and V-shaped geometric patterns arranged in vertical columns along its tapering curve — a formal visual language that infused the funerary vessel with symbolic order for the deceased's transition.
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