Squat Jar with Lug Handles
c. 3400–3300 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Squat Jar with Lug Handles, c. 3400–3300 BC. Egypt, middle Predynastic Period, Naqada IIb Period. 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1987
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessels
- Formatted Medium
- marl clay pottery
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1920.1987
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 1, p. 115, color repr. p. 18 & p. 85.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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