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Jar

EGYPT, Sedment
Jar
 2890 BCE-2181 BCE

Medium
calcite

Measurements
9.9 × 5.0 cm diameter

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

Place/s of Execution
Sedment, Egypt

Accession Number
3407A-D3

Department
Antiquities

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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