Black-Topped Pottery Jar

ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.

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Caption

Black-Topped Pottery Jar, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.. Clay, 7 7/16 x Greatest Diam. 5 1/8 in. (18.9 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.139. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Black-Topped Pottery Jar

Date

ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.

Period

Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period (possibly)

Medium

Clay

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

7 7/16 x Greatest Diam. 5 1/8 in. (18.9 x 13 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.580.139

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