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Wavy rimmed jar

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Wavy rimmed pottery vessel. The quatrefoil rim is typical of Upper Egyptian ceramics of the early Middle Kingdom, as is the applied decorative 'handle'. In form and technique it may be dated to the early 12th Dynasty. This may provide the date for the rare bird vessel NMI 1902:471, though the tomb in which it was found had been robbed in antiquity, and might have been reused later.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1902:477

Dating

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

JAR

Material

POTTERY

Technique

FORMED BY HAND; FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL

Height

16 cm

Diameter

11 cm

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