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Squat Jar with Lug Handles

c. 3400–3300 BCE
(3650–3300 BCE)
marl clay pottery
Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 14.5 x 23.2 cm (5 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1987
Location: 107 Egyptian
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Description

Buff-colored pottery decorated in red paint is characteristic of the later Predynastic period. The spirals and wavy lines on this jar imitate the appearance of more costly vessels made of hard stones.
Squat Jar with Lug Handles

Squat Jar with Lug Handles

c. 3400–3300 BCE

Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada IIb (3650–3300 BCE)

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