Painted Storage Jar with Marks of an Ancient Cord

• Medium: Pottery, painted
• Geographical Location: Tell el Amarna, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
• Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
• Dimensions: 26 9/16 x 17 1/8 in. (67.4 x 43.5 cm)
• Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-3, ECAMEA-3G55
• Accession Number: 16.244
• Image: CUR.16.244_erg456.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0, 9/5/2007

Catalogue Description:
Large red pottery storage jar with biconical body and cylindrical neck. Upper part of body decorated with four registers of conventionalized floral motifs in blue and red with black outlines. Blue band around neck.