Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Miniature conical coarseware jar
Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Naqada I to C-Group?
3850–3650 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Khor Bahan, Cemetery 17, Grave 50
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 5.8 cm (4 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3533
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis miniature conical jar is fashioned of rough, reddish clay. It has very thick walls and solid, almost pointed base. The rim is unworked. It is in somewhat battered condition.
ProvenanceBahan. (ASN 17/50) .1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: July 6, 2006)
(Accession Date: July 6, 2006)