Small High-shouldered Jar with Lugs

Early Dynastic Period

ca. 3100–2650 B.C.

Not on view

This small well-preserved high-shouldered jar displays two small, unpierced lugs located at the widest point of the vessel. The style is well-known and the size, hard stone, and unpierced lugs support the assigned date. Early Dynastic artisans are known for choosing patterned hard stones for making such vessels, which were deposited in tombs as a grave goods.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Small High-shouldered Jar with Lugs
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Date: ca. 3100–2650 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Serpentinite
Dimensions: H. 5.9 × W. 5.5 × Diam. 4.4 cm (2 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Object Number: 2021.41.60
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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