Spherical terracotta jug, Old Kingdom
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This terracotta jug presents a squat, symmetrical body. it dates back to the Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4. It was handmade, neck turned, spout applied. Bourriau (1981:52) documents a similar item as “a squat symmetrical ewer, H: 21.2 cm. D: 16.6 cm. Ashmolean Museum, gift of Egypt Exploration Society from Cemeteries of Armant.” Bibliography (for this item)Bourriau, Janine1981 Umm El-Gaxab: Pottery from the Nile Valley Before the Arab Conquest. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. (52) |
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