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<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_erg456.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_erg456.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_transpC002.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_transpC002.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view1_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view1_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_09.889.118_09.889.119_09.889.120_09.889.160_09.889.292_09.889.293_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_09.889.118_09.889.119_09.889.120_09.889.160_09.889.292_09.889.293_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view2_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view2_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view1_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view1_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view2_print_bw.jpg)

Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.31_view2_print_bw.jpg)

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Wavy-handled Jar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Serpentine
  • Place Excavated: Abu Zaidan, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Predynastic Period, early Naqada II Period
    DIMENSIONS 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 09.889.31
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Wavy-handled Jar, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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    <em>Wavy-handled Jar</em>, ca. 3650-3550 B.C.E. Serpentine, 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.1 x 10 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.31. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.31_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

    TAGS

    3650-3550 B.C.E.
    Abu Zaidan
    black
    conical neck
    early Naqada II
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    elite
    flat base
    gray
    high shoulder
    jar
    luxury
    Naqada III
    narrow mouth
    organic
    ovoid
    Ovoidal
    predynastic
    Predynastic Period, early Naqada II Period
    sculpture
    serpentine
    stone
    swirling
    urn
    vase
    vessel
    wavy
    wavy-handled
    white

    TAGS

    3650-3550 B.C.E.
    Abu Zaidan
    black
    conical neck
    early Naqada II
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    elite
    flat base
    gray
    high shoulder
    jar
    luxury
    Naqada III
    narrow mouth
    organic
    ovoid
    Ovoidal
    predynastic
    Predynastic Period, early Naqada II Period
    sculpture
    serpentine
    stone
    swirling
    urn
    vase
    vessel
    wavy
    wavy-handled
    white

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