Légende

Jug, ceramics, Egyptian pottery, clay vessel, medium-sized jug with a biconical body. Vessel is widest at about half its height; wide shoulders, not very sloping. Wide, almost cylindrical neck widening towards the spout, its height about 1/3 of the vessel. 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, very slightly rounded. Made of Nile clay NB1 Vienna System. Neck likely made separately and connected to the shoulders. Outer surface leveled, covered with an engobe and polished. Inner surface leveled except for the neck, which was also covered with engobe and polished. Color reddish-brown. 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, Edfu. Comparable vessel: height 20.5 cm, rim diameter 8.5 cm, body diameter 17.3 cm, bottom diameter 10.9 cm., A single clay vessel with a rounded body tapering toward a narrow base and a short, flared neck is centered against a plain gray background; the vessel is predominantly reddish-brown with visible variations in tone and patches of lighter and darker brown, a few small surface imperfections and scuffs, and a slightly uneven rim.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A02_066

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

87.6Mo (1.7Mo) / 43.2cm x 50.8cm / 5103 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Jug ceramics Egyptian pottery clay vessel medium-sized jug biconical body Vessel widest half height wide shoulders sloping Wide almost cylindrical neck widening towards spout 1 3 vessel 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 slightly rounded Nile clay NB1 Vienna System Neck separately connected shoulders Outer surface leveled covered engobe polished Inner surface except neck was also covered Color reddish-brown Quite well preserved rim slightly chipped two places worn off places outer surface Dated 6th Dynasty Old Kingdom Edfu Comparable vessel 20.5 cm rim diameter 8.5 cm body diameter 17.3 cm bottom diameter 10.9 cm single clay vessel rounded body tapering narrow base short flared neck centered plain gray background predominantly reddish-brown visible variations tone patches lighter darker brown small imperfections scuffs slightly uneven rim.