Jug, ceramics, Egyptian pottery, clay vessel. Medium-sized jug with a biconical body, widest at about half its height; wide shoulders, not very sloping. Wide, almost cylindrical neck widening toward the spout, the neck about one-third of the vessel's height. Profiled, irregular spout, slightly raised and extended on one side forming a small spout; spout almost triangular in cross-section with an approximately millimeter-sized cylindrical bulge on the outer profile. Bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Made of Nile clay NB1? per Vienna System. Neck likely made separately and joined to the shoulders. Outer surface leveled, covered with engobe and polished; inner surface leveled except for the neck, which was also engobed and polished. Reddish-brown color. Quite well preserved; rim slightly chipped in two places and engobe worn off in places on the outer surface. Dated to the 6th Dynasty; Old Kingdom, from Edfu. Dimensions of a comparable example: height 20.5 cm; rim diameter 8.5 cm...
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Jug, ceramics, Egyptian pottery, clay vessel. Medium-sized jug with a biconical body, widest at about half its height; wide shoulders, not very sloping. Wide, almost cylindrical neck widening toward the spout, the neck about one-third of the vessel's height. Profiled, irregular spout, slightly raised and extended on one side forming a small spout; spout almost triangular in cross-section with an approximately millimeter-sized cylindrical bulge on the outer profile. Bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Made of Nile clay NB1? per Vienna System. Neck likely made separately and joined to the shoulders. Outer surface leveled, covered with engobe and polished; inner surface leveled except for the neck, which was also engobed and polished. Reddish-brown color. Quite well preserved; rim slightly chipped in two places and engobe worn off in places on the outer surface. Dated to the 6th Dynasty; Old Kingdom, from Edfu. Dimensions of a comparable example: height 20.5 cm; rim diameter 8.5 cm; body diameter 17.3 cm; bottom diameter 10.9 cm., A reddish-brown clay vessel with a rounded body that narrows into a short neck and flares slightly at the rim, showing a textured, slightly worn surface with small imperfections and subtle variations in color against a flat gray background.

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Jug ceramics Egyptian pottery clay vessel Medium-sized jug biconical body widest half height wide shoulders sloping Wide almost cylindrical neck widening spout neck -third vessel's height Profiled irregular spout slightly raised extended side forming small spout spout almost triangular cross-section approximately millimeter-sized cylindrical bulge outer profile Bottom almost flat slightly rounded Nile clay NB1 Vienna System Neck separately joined shoulders Outer surface leveled covered engobe polished inner surface except was also engobed Reddish-brown color Quite well preserved rim slightly chipped two places worn off places outer surface Dated 6th Dynasty Old Kingdom Edfu Dimensions comparable example 20.5 cm rim diameter 8.5 cm body diameter 17.3 cm bottom diameter 10.9 cm reddish-brown clay vessel rounded body narrows short neck flares slightly rim showing textured slightly small imperfections subtle variations color flat gray background.

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