Jar with Impressed and Incised Decoration

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.

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Object Label

The rows of triangles on this jar, alternately decorated and plain, typify early Nubian pottery design. Examples of Egyptian pottery from the same period, decorated mostly with painted scenes of humans and animals, can be seen in the nearby Early Egypt gallery.

Caption

Jar with Impressed and Incised Decoration, ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 3 3/8 x greatest diam. 1 15/16 in. (8.5 x 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.446. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Jar with Impressed and Incised Decoration

Date

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.

Period

Predynastic Period, Naqada III Period

Medium

Clay, pigment

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

3 3/8 x greatest diam. 1 15/16 in. (8.5 x 5 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

09.889.446

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