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Apr 19, 2007
Apr 19, 2007
Wavy-Lined Jar
Wavy-Lined Jar
4000–3000 BC
Egypt, late Predynastic Period, Naqada IIIa2
(Dynasty 0)
Marl clay pottery
Diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Overall: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1983
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Tall slender jars decorated with a wavy line in relief occur toward the end of the Predynastic Period. The netlike motif imitates the kind of rope sling or cradle that was used to carry this type of jar without handles.
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