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Wavy-handled storage jar

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Wavy-handled storage jar imported from the Levant, with the original contents. Imported storage jars of the late fourth millennium BC reveal a substantial volume of trade between Egypt and Western Asia at that time. The congealed fatty matter inside the jars would have been imported as oil, sometimes scented.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1899:336

Dating

NAQADA II

Archaeological Site

EL-KOM EL-AHMAR/HIERAKONPOLIS/NEKHEN

Category

JAR

Material

POTTERY

Technique

FORMED BY HAND

Height

29 cm

Diameter

18 cm

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