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Accession_Number E.62.31
Shape Pendant vase
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Large red vase. Rounded body with rounded base; no neck, narrow lip and flat rim. Large lugs, on either side, are perforated to take thread. There are splashes of red all over the pot, it is unclear if this is part of the original decoration or somehow added later, since the splashes have no discernable pattern.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, with white deposits all over. There is a large but shallow chip near the base of the pot.
Technique/Style Red ware
Provenance
Period Predynastic
Date 4000-3000
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.98.0039.jpg
Top view of Egyptian Pendent vase showing the mouth

2002.98.0040.jpg
Side view of Egyptian pendant vase showing body and handles.
Comparanda This was a favourite shape for vases of syenite, porphyry, dionite and other hard stones.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 18.1
Diameters 24.7
Handle_height 3.5
Other_dims. Mouth: 13.8
Location Timeline 1a bottom
Edited_by Leigh; Kinsey
Date_edited 01.08.2002; 18.01.2006
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