Jar

Description

Jar of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), decorated with a twisted cord moulding below the rim: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, from unidentified site number 189, Late Predynastic or Early Dynastic Period, 1st Dynasty or earlier, c.3500-2890 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.330

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Jar

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Predynastic
Early Dynastic
1st Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Alabaster

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: J. Quibell

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp. 160,167

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.51, cat. 949