Pottery jar
Pottery amphora, round oblong body that narrows towards base, flat base, constricted neck, flared rounded rim, circumferential horizontal ridge above base, two other circumferential horizontal ridges on body; brown paste, slightly coarse texture, incised curvilinear markings between ridges on body in one location, surface loss on body in one area.
Details
- ID
- PMAE_B421
- Alternate IDs
- B421; PMAE_B421; 14-63-50/B421
- Department
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
- Classification
- Vessels
- Period
- Early Dynastic Period
- Title
- Pottery jar
- Medium
- Pottery
- Dimensions
- H 75.1 x W 27.3 x D 29.1 cm (W and D are diameter dimensions); rim opening 15.7 cm; rim thickness 2.2 cm
- Credit Line
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
- Provenance
- Giza