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Accession_Number E.62.24
Shape Jar
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Coarse red fabric. Flat base, widening to shoulders and pronounced, flat rim. Around the middle of the body there is a circular black mark inside of a diamond shaped mark.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact and complete, missing a large chip from the lip. There is several shallow scratches.
Technique/Style
Provenance From early cemetary at Qurneh (Thebes)
Period 11th Dynasty
Date 2046-1976 BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.98.0089.jpg
Side view of Egyptian Terracotta Jar

2002.98.0090.jpg
Side view of Egyptian Jar
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 15.8
Diameters Mouth 8.4; shoulder 10.2
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Timeline 1c bottom
Edited_by Leigh; Kinsey; Jayne
Date_edited 06.08.2002; 18.01.2006; 26.01.2022
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