jar

 

Jar

Spouted pottery jar imported from northern to southern Egypt. Spouts for pouring are not common in Egyptian pottery; the shape of this vase appears to imitate imports from the Levant into northern Egypt. It was excavated at Hierakonpolis, and shows the importance of that city as a centre of kingship participating in international trade.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1899:385

Dating

NAQADA II

Archaeological Site

EL-KOM EL-AHMAR/HIERAKONPOLIS/NEKHEN

Category

JAR

Material

POTTERY

Technique

FORMED BY HAND

Height

18 cm

Diameter

12 cm

Bibliography

• Barbara Adams, Ancient Hierakonpolis Supplement, Warminster 1974, 109 (tomb 602).

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