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Deep and narrow jar with a pronounced shoulder, small neck, thick lip and rounded conical base. Its colour varies from beige to very light pink and was not covered with a slip. The slightly irregular surface is strewn with blemishes as a result of firing. It had been simply smoothened and many vertical, horizontal and diagonal traces remain. Six small circular hollow impressions, 4 mm in diametre and 2 cm apart, were made on about a quarter of the top surface of the lip. Like many others, this vessel, which was found in an A-Group tomb, demonstrates the importance of trade between Upper and Lower Nubia during the end of the Predynastic period in Egypt. Vessels of this type, called ''wine jars'' by researchers, were used by the Egyptians to transport food products to Nubia. They were thereafter used by Nubians, who appreciated the technical qualities of the vessels and did not hesitate to place them in their tombs.

Jarre profonde et étroite à épaule marquée, petit col, lèvre épaisse et base conique arrondie. De couleur beige à rose très pâle, elle ne porte pas de couverte. La surface, qui est irrégulière, est parsemée d'éclats de cuisson. Elle a fait l'objet d'un simple lissage, qui a laissé de nombreuses traces verticales, horizontales et obliques. Six petites dépressions circulaires de 4 mm de diamètre, distantes de 2 cm, ont été réalisées par impression sur un quart environ de la face supérieure de la lèvre. Trouvée dans une tombe du Groupe A, cette pièce montre, comme bien d'autres, l'importance des échanges entre la Haute et la Basse Nubie vers la fin de la Pérode Prédynastique égyptienne. Les vases de ce type, que les chercheurs qualifient volontiers de "jarres à vin", étaient utilisés par les &Eacute;gyptiens pour transporter vers la Nubie des produits alimentaires. Ils furent ensuite réutilisés par les Nubiens, qui en appréciaient les qualités techniques et n'hésitèrent pas à les déposer dans leurs tombes.

Deep and narrow jar with a pronounced shoulder, small neck, thick lip and rounded conical base. Its colour varies from beige to very light pink and was not covered with a slip. The slightly irregular surface is strewn with blemishes as a result of firing. It had been simply smoothened and many vertical, horizontal and diagonal traces remain. Six small circular hollow impressions, 4 mm in diametre and 2 cm apart, were made on about a quarter of the top surface of the lip. Like many others, this vessel, which was found in an A-Group tomb, demonstrates the importance of trade between Upper and Lower Nubia during the end of the Predynastic period in Egypt. Vessels of this type, called ''wine jars'' by researchers, were used by the Egyptians to transport food products to Nubia. They were thereafter used by Nubians, who appreciated the technical qualities of the vessels and did not hesitate to place them in their tombs.

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