Black-topped Red Ware Jar
Date: Predynastic Period, 3400-3200 BCE
Dimensions:
H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm); Diam. 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm); Diam of rim 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Diam of base 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Medium: Hand-built earthenware, burnished, with carbonized rim.
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, Florence Scott Libbey, and the Egypt Exploration Society, by exchange
Object number: 1993.61
Label Text:For almost a thousand years jars such as this were used in the earliest Egyptian dwellings and as offerings in burials. Their cone-shaped bottoms were developed so that they could be wedged into the sand to hold the jars upright.
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