Caption

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 nearly triangular in cross-section with an approximately millimeter-sized cylindrical bulge on the outer profile. Bottom almost flat with a very slight rounding. Made of Nile clay NB1? according to the Vienna System. Neck made separately and attached to the shoulders. Outer surface smoothed, covered with an engobe and polished; inner surface smoothed, except for the neck, which is also covered with engobe and polished. Reddish-brown color. Quite well preserved; rim slightly chipped in two places and outer engobe worn in places. Comparative parallels: Saqqara II cat. 210–211, form 35; similar vessel from the same excavations Louvre E 16586. Circa 2345–2181 BC; Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Edfu. Vessel; height 17 cm, rim diameter 9.8 cm, body diameter 14.6 cm, bottom diameter 9.5 cm., A top-down view of a round clay vessel with a wide circular opening and a small spout-like indentation on its rim, showing a rough, weathered surface with patches of lighter wear; the vessel is predominantly reddish-brown with areas of tan and faint gray, and the interior appears very dark to black, set against a smooth light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_441

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94.8Mb (1.2Mb) / 18.4in x 20.0in / 5521 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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 nearly triangular cross-section approximately millimeter-sized cylindrical bulge outer profile Bottom almost flat slight rounding Nile clay NB1 according Vienna System Neck separately attached shoulders Outer surface smoothed covered engobe polished inner surface smoothed except also covered Reddish-brown color Quite well preserved rim slightly chipped two places outer worn places Comparative parallels Saqqara II cat 210–211 form 35 vessel excavations Louvre E 16586 Circa 2345–2181 BC Old Kingdom 6th Dynasty Edfu height 17 cm rim diameter 9.8 cm body diameter 14.6 cm bottom diameter 9.5 cm top-down view round clay vessel wide circular opening small spout- indentation rim showing rough weathered surface patches lighter wear predominantly reddish-brown areas tan faint gray interior dark black set smooth light gray background.