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Accession_Number E.62.34
Shape Jug
Shape_description Part of jug and basin set (basin missing). Flat base, wide shoulders, tall neck (ca. 6 cm), with striated lip and wide mouth.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Burnished
Inscriptions
Condition One slight chip in the lip, shallow chips all over pot resulting in some of the top layer of clay being removed. Also some white deposit on the pot.
Technique/Style Burnished
Provenance
Period Old Kingdom: 4 dynasty
Date 2613-2494
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.98.0021.jpg
Side view of Egyptian jug showing body and rim

2002.98.0022.jpg
Top view of Egyptian jug showing the mouth.

2005.89.0015.jpg

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Beazley_DB
Height 19.3
Diameters Rim 9.3; body 17.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Timeline 1c bottom
Edited_by Leigh; Kinsey
Date_edited 06.08.2002; 18.01.2006
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