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Redware shoulder jar with potmarks

Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Naqada II–III, 3650–2960 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abadiya, B?

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 17.5 cm (10 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number99.703
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRedware shoulder jar; small flat base; rolled everted rim; surface burnished but worn; potmarks.
ProvenanceFrom Abadiya, B?. 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)