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Early Dynastic Period
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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.
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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
Accession Number: 2021.41.60
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