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Jar

Jar
 2890 BCE-2181 BCE

Medium
calcite
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
calcite
Measurements
9.9 × 5.0 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Sedment, Egypt
Accession Number
3407A-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Small, slender jar with a flat base (slightly convex), tall, ovoid body with pronounced shoulder, short, concave neck and everted rim, almost ledge-like but a little too rounded. The exterior is semi-polished. The interior exhibits many cutting rings but is well smoothed. A large section of the neck and rim are missing.

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