Jar

E1398

From: Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E1398
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)
Period Middle Predynastic
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Description

D-ware jar with lug handles. Decoration in dark red paint of boats, ensigns, bushes, S figures, aloes and horizontal wavy bands. Small flat base; ovoid-shaped body; wide mouth, overhanging rim. Base broken.

Height 16.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number ES 1398 - Original Number

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