Squat jar with lug handles
Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Naqada II
3650–3300 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 549/1
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 19 cm (5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
13.3926
Medium or Technique
Pottery
Out on Loan
On display at Harvard Art Museums, November 18, 2015 – November 19, 2018
Collections
Classifications
D Ware. Squat, ovoid jar of pale marl clay with two tubular lug handles; round base; flat, everted rim with two chips; cream surface decorated with spirals and wavy lines in brownish paint, cross hatched pattern on rim. Very good condition.
Provenance
From Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 549 [M/549/1]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; awarded to the MFA by the government of Egypt, December 4, 1913.
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition