Pottery Jar with Lug Handles
Egyptian, Badari, Egypt, Africa
Late Naqada II (3500-3300 BCE)
Marl clay with paint
Overall: 2 11/16 x 4 5/16 in. (6.8 x 10.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
39.64.6688
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
8000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscription
Archeologist’s label: ink “140”; printed label inside jar: “Badari 3819; From British School of Archaeology in Egypt.”
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
Provenance
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
Old Number
Reading Museum #160; Badari 3819.
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