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Small beer jar (Slender ovoid jar)
Egyptian
Old Kingdom to First Intermediate Period, Dynast
2150–2040 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Dendara
Medium/Technique
Pottery (Nile Silt)
Dimensions
Rim diameter: 7.7 cm; Maximum diameter: 10.5 cm; Height: 20.2 cm
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number98.1059
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSmall beer jar with direct rim and pointed base: complete. The body of the jar was handmade, likely through coiling; the rim was made on the slow wheel or similar turning device. The jar is unslipped, though there are white blotches around the rim and neck, perhaps from a white wash. // GPMP type AB 4
"D" marked in black ink on shoulder. Card found with object notes, "Sec. 7, K2 type AB2 a, 98.1059 EL KAB, drawn JSA".
"D" marked in black ink on shoulder. Card found with object notes, "Sec. 7, K2 type AB2 a, 98.1059 EL KAB, drawn JSA".
ProvenanceFrom Dendara. 1898: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; presented to the MFA at the general meeting of the EEF.
(Accession Date: November 1, 1898)
(Accession Date: November 1, 1898)