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Ledge-handled jar

JORDAN, Pella
Ledge-handled jar
 Early Bronze IV Period 2350 BCE-2150 BCE

Medium
fired clay

Measurements
28.1 × 30.9 × 26.2 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
1996.481

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Buff painted jar with hand-made body and wheel-turned rim, flat base and ledge handles (folded), decorated below the short neck with diagonal incisions and painted in red on upper body with vertical lines between two bands.

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