Jar
Jar
Place of OriginEgypt
DatePredynastic Period (4000-3200 BCE)
DimensionsH: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm).
MediumBituminous limestone.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1972.13
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Collections
- Decorative Arts
- Sculpture
2nd Millennium BCE
Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1 or 2, 3200-2780 BCE
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1479-1298 BCE
Early Roman Period, about 30 BCE - 100 CE
400-300 BCE
Neo-Sumerian (Ur III), fourth year of the reign of King Amar-Sin, 2024 BCE
about 1865 BCE, reign of Sin-kasid of Uruk, Old Babylonian Period (1894-1595 BCE)
Late 6th century BCE
2047 BCE, 47th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
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