This large vessel has been fitted with two loop handles as well as two wavy handles. It is decorated with ornamental as well as figurative brown-painted figures. The representations include mountain goats and ostriches in between cross-hatched fields, which are perhaps hunter's nets. Below is a frieze of triangles which is perhaps meant to symbolize the mountainous desert.
Present location |
PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM |
Inventory number |
0686 |
Dating |
NAQADA II |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
VASE |
Material |
CLAY; UNSPECIFIED |
Technique |
FORMED BY HAND; BURNED; PAINTED |
Height |
21.5 cm |
Diameter |
14 cm |