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Vase with Rope
Decoration. From the underground galleries, Djoser precinct, Saqqara;
Third Dynasty (ca. 2649–2575
B.C.E.). Egyptian alabaster; H. 25 in. (63.5 cm). Egyptian Museum, Cairo
(JE 65423).
During the Archaic Period and the early Old Kingdom, pottery jars of
this type were used to store wine and oil. This beautiful stone
version of such a jar was deposited with tens of thousands of vessels
in the underground chambers of the Djoser pyramid precinct in order
to guarantee that the deceased king was provided with food supplies
for eternity. The vase is decorated with a rope pattern representing
the net in which the pottery jar would have been carried.
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