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One-handled jug

JORDAN, Pella
One-handled jug
 Early Bronze IV Period 2350 BCE-2150 BCE

Medium
fired clay

Measurements
18.5 × 15.3 × 15.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the University of Sydney, Pella Project, 1996

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Pella, Jordan

Accession Number
1996.480

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Buff painted jug with hand-made body, wheel-turned neck and rim, flat base, the strap handle tapering downwards, decorated in red, with radiating lines visible at shoulder.

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