Wine or beer jar
In the latter part of the Old Kingdom artisans crafted tall, slender stone vases modelled after pottery and metal prototypes. The slender, pointed base jars with wide, upstanding, collared rims were first made at this time and continue into the First Intermediate Period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Wine or beer jar
- Period: Old Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 6–8
- Date: ca. 2323–2100 BC
- Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos
- Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint
- Dimensions: H. 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1931
- Object Number: 31.4.7
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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