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Jar

Object Number:E1326
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Ballas (uncertain)
Naqada (uncertain)
Locus: Naqada Cem. A or Ballas Cem. C - GR608
Period: Egyptian Early Dynastic
First Dynasty
Date Made: 3000-2625 BCE
Early Date: -3000
Late Date: -2625
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Andesite
Porphyry
Height: 11.7 cm
Outside Diameter:8.47 cm
Credit Line:Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number:ES 1326 - Original Number

Description

Small stone jar with two lug handles. Flat base; no neck; wide, flat, overhanging rim. Shoulder type with two tubular handles.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 221/70bView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 27, fig. 10View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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