Jar with Impressed and Incised Decoration
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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)
Gallery
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Title
Jar with Impressed and Incised Decoration
Date
ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, Naqada III Period
Medium
Clay, pigment
Classification
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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