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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)