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Deep and narrow jar with a pronounced shoulder, small neck, thick lip and rounded base. Its colour varies from light pink to dark pink and has not been covered by a slip. The slender profile is marked by a slight inflexion in its lower section. The surface is irregular and uneven. The neck is misshapen and bears on its internal surface an undetermined incised motif. 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 arrondie. De couleur rose pâle à rose foncé, elle ne porte pas de couverte. Le profil, qui est élancé, est marqué par une légère inflexion dans sa partie inférieure. La surface est irrégulière et mal égalisée. Le col est déformé et porte sur la face interne un motif incisé de nature indéterminée. 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 Période 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 base. Its colour varies from light pink to dark pink and has not been covered by a slip. The slender profile is marked by a slight inflexion in its lower section. The surface is irregular and uneven. The neck is misshapen and bears on its internal surface an undetermined incised motif. 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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