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’s height about one-third of the vessel. Profiled, irregular spout raised and extended on one side to form a small secondary spout; slightly rounded, almost triangular in cross-section, with a small indentation on the outer profile. Body widest at about half its height; bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Wheel-made from Nile clay NB1 Vienna System. Outer surface leveled, covered with engobe and polished; inner surface leveled. Red-brown color. Complete, very well preserved. Old Kingdom, 5th–6th Dynasty, c. 2494–c. 2181 BC. Findplace: Edfu. Vessel. Height 19.9 cm; rim dia. 8.1 cm; bottom dia. 9.5 cm; body dia. 16.7 cm; weight 1.1 kg. Comparable examples: T. Rzeuska, Saqqara II, pl. 54, cat. 210; G. Brunton, Qau and Badari, pl. XLII, 661 V; analogous vessel in the Louvre., A terracotta-colored rounded clay ve...
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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’s height about one-third of the vessel. Profiled, irregular spout raised and extended on one side to form a small secondary spout; slightly rounded, almost triangular in cross-section, with a small indentation on the outer profile. Body widest at about half its height; bottom almost flat, very slightly rounded. Wheel-made from Nile clay NB1 Vienna System. Outer surface leveled, covered with engobe and polished; inner surface leveled. Red-brown color. Complete, very well preserved. Old Kingdom, 5th–6th Dynasty, c. 2494–c. 2181 BC. Findplace: Edfu. Vessel. Height 19.9 cm; rim dia. 8.1 cm; bottom dia. 9.5 cm; body dia. 16.7 cm; weight 1.1 kg. Comparable examples: T. Rzeuska, Saqqara II, pl. 54, cat. 210; G. Brunton, Qau and Badari, pl. XLII, 661 V; analogous vessel in the Louvre., A terracotta-colored rounded clay vessel with a bulbous body and a narrow neck that flares into a slightly uneven rim, displayed against a smooth gray background; the surface of the vessel shows a few small imperfections and subtle variations in the terracotta color.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_153

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38.8Mo (899.7Ko) / 27.9cm x 34.9cm / 3294 x 4118 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Jug Medium-sized biconical clay jug wide sloping shoulders wide neck almost cylindrical lower section widens spout neck’s height -third vessel Profiled irregular spout raised extended side form small secondary spout slightly rounded almost triangular cross-section small indentation outer profile Body widest half height bottom almost flat Wheel- Nile clay NB1 Vienna System Outer surface leveled covered engobe polished inner surface leveled Red-brown color Complete well preserved Old Kingdom 5th–6th Dynasty c 2494–c 2181 Bc Findplace Edfu Vessel Height 19.9 cm rim dia 8.1 cm bottom dia 9.5 cm body dia 16.7 cm weight 1.1 kg Comparable examples T Rzeuska Saqqara II pl 54 cat 210 G Brunton Qau Badari Xlii 661 V analogous vessel Louvre terracotta-colored rounded clay vessel bulbous body narrow neck flares slightly uneven rim displayed smooth gray background surface small imperfections subtle variations terracotta color.

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