Decorated Globular Jar, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 5 1/2 x Greatest Diam. 7 5/8 in. (14 x 19.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.440. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.440_SL1.jpg)
Decorated Globular Jar, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 5 1/2 x Greatest Diam. 7 5/8 in. (14 x 19.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.440. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.440_bw.jpg)
Decorated Globular Jar
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Clay, pigment
DATES
ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period
DIMENSIONS
5 1/2 x Greatest Diam. 7 5/8 in. (14 x 19.4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
07.447.440
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Squat globular jar with two broad string-hole handles on shoulder. Reddish pottery, decorated, in reddish brown painting, all over with spirals in neat rows; a central one on bottom; semi-circular strokes around neck; a dense criss-cross pattern on lip, radiating line on its underside. Rounded bottom. Straight mouth. Thin lip, flat-topped, underside bevelled to very short neck. Well potted.
Condition: Good. Two chip in bottom, one in one handle. Lip abraded around edge and slightly chipped. Some efflorescence.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Decorated Globular Jar, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 5 1/2 x Greatest Diam. 7 5/8 in. (14 x 19.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.440. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.440_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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