Model Jar on Stand
ca. 3200 B.C.E.-2675 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
These little models represent pointed or round-bottomed containers that were stored in upright stands. The shapes of the pots suggest that they held water or beer. Models like these examples may have been placed in a temple as symbolic offerings to a god.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Recreation, Toys, Games
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Locations
- Reportedly from: Abydos, Egypt, Possible place made: el-Mahasna, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 1 to Dynasty 2
- Dimensions
- 2 3/8 x 1 in. (6 x 2.6 cm)
- Accession Number
- 58.128.3
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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