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Shouldered jar with red painted decoration
Nubian/Egyptian
A-Group/Predynastic
3850–296 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Gerf Husein (Gedekol), Cemetery 76, Grave 143
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 9 cm (9 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number19.3490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis shouldered jar is decorated (D-ware) jar carries vertical bands of four red painted wavy lines. High-set shoulders turn sharply to a constricted neck with a rolled rim. It has a small, flat base.
ProvenanceFrom Gedekol (ASN 76/143). 1908. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.
(Accession Date: July 5, 2006)
(Accession Date: July 5, 2006)