Clay bowl from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlik" class="extiw" title="w:Marlik">w:Marlik</a> on display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California.  This kind of bowl would have held a day's ration for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/corvee" class="extiw" title="en:corvee">corvée</a> laborer.
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