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Squat jar
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Findspot: Egypt, Abadiya, D68
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 15 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number99.719
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSquat, ovoid, marl jar with lug handles, flattened everted rim. Decorated with vertical registers of wavy lines. Surface worn with some mineral incrustations near the rim.
ProvenanceFrom Abadiya, D68. 1898-1899, excavated by William Mathew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; sent over directly from Cairo on March 9, 1899 by Arthur C. Mace.
(Accessioned on: October 1, 1899)
(Accessioned on: October 1, 1899)