Jar
| Object Number: | E4997 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Hiw |
| Period: | Egyptian Predynastic Period Naqada II |
| Date Made: | 3550-3400 BCE |
| Early Date: | -3550 |
| Late Date: | -3400 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Ceramic Paint |
| Technique: | Painted |
| Iconography: | Flamingo Water Triangle |
| Height: | 23 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 23 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1899 |
| Other Number: | AES1400 - Original Number |
Description
D-ware jar with triangular lugs. The scenes depicted on this vessel may illustrate both the river represented by flamingoes and wavy lines for water and the desert symbolized by rows of triangles. Buff ware. Four triangular knob suspensors. Decoration in dark red paint of hills, concentric semicircles, flamingoes, S figures, a sail with cabins and an aloe. Flat base; ovoid-shaped body; rolled rim.
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: 206-07/63A | View 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. 25, fig. 9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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