Jug. Medium-sized biconical clay jug with wide, rather sloping shoulders and a wide neck that is almost cylindrical in its lower section and widens toward the spout; the neck is about one-third of the vessel’s height. Profiled, irregular spout, raised and extended on one side forming a small secondary spout; slightly rounded, almost triangular in cross-section, with a shallow millimetre-long indentation on the outer profile. Bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Made on the wheel of Nile clay NB1 Vienna System. Outer surface leveled, covered with an engobe and polished; inner surface leveled. Red-brown color. Complete and very well preserved. Analogous examples published by T. Rzeuska Saqqara II and G. Brunton Qau and Badari; an analogous vessel from Edfu is dated c. 2494–c. 2181 BC, Old Kingdom, 5th–6th Dynasty. Vessel: height 19.9 cm; rim diameter 8.1 cm; bottom diameter 9.5 cm; body diameter 16.7 cm; weight 1.1 kg., A terracotta-colored rounded pot with a bulbous body and a sli...
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Jug. Medium-sized biconical clay jug with wide, rather sloping shoulders and a wide neck that is almost cylindrical in its lower section and widens toward the spout; the neck is about one-third of the vessel’s height. Profiled, irregular spout, raised and extended on one side forming a small secondary spout; slightly rounded, almost triangular in cross-section, with a shallow millimetre-long indentation on the outer profile. Bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Made on the wheel of Nile clay NB1 Vienna System. Outer surface leveled, covered with an engobe and polished; inner surface leveled. Red-brown color. Complete and very well preserved. Analogous examples published by T. Rzeuska Saqqara II and G. Brunton Qau and Badari; an analogous vessel from Edfu is dated c. 2494–c. 2181 BC, Old Kingdom, 5th–6th Dynasty. Vessel: height 19.9 cm; rim diameter 8.1 cm; bottom diameter 9.5 cm; body diameter 16.7 cm; weight 1.1 kg., A terracotta-colored rounded pot with a bulbous body and a slightly flared neck and rim, showing a matte, textured surface with small dark specks and a few blemishes, set against a uniform gray background.

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Jug Medium-sized biconical clay jug wide sloping shoulders wide neck almost cylindrical lower section widens spout neck -third vessel’s height Profiled irregular spout raised extended side forming small secondary spout slightly rounded almost triangular cross-section shallow millimetre-long indentation outer profile Bottom almost flat wheel Nile clay NB1 Vienna System Outer surface leveled covered engobe polished inner surface leveled Red-brown color Complete well preserved Analogous examples published T Rzeuska Saqqara II G Brunton Qau Badari analogous vessel Edfu dated c 2494–c 2181 Bc Old Kingdom 5th–6th Dynasty Vessel height 19.9 cm rim diameter 8.1 cm bottom diameter 9.5 cm body diameter 16.7 cm weight 1.1 kg terracotta-colored rounded pot bulbous body slightly flared rim showing matte textured surface small dark specks blemishes set uniform gray background.

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