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R ware jar
Egyptian
Predynastic
3850–2960 B.C.E.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 784
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
too fragmentary for reconstruction
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5322
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWare type: R ware
Vessel type: globular
Profile: ovoid
Rim type: plain, wide mouthed
Base: flat, but with rounded edges
Surface Condition: interior smoothed
Vessel Condition: incomplete in 23 fragments
Decoration: none
Other: thick walls.
Vessel type: globular
Profile: ovoid
Rim type: plain, wide mouthed
Base: flat, but with rounded edges
Surface Condition: interior smoothed
Vessel Condition: incomplete in 23 fragments
Decoration: none
Other: thick walls.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 784, no. 2. [M/784/2]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.