Pottery Jar with Lug Handles
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Late Naqada II (3500-3300 BCE)
Marl clay with paint
Overall: 2 11/16 × 4 5/16 in. (6.8 × 10.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6688
Geography
Place Made: Badari 3819, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
8000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
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
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Provenance
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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