item details
NameSquat shouldered Jar
ProductionUnknown; potter; 4000 BC-3000 BC; Egypt
Classificationjars
Materialsceramic
Registration NumberCG002262
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Squat barrel shaped jar. Small size, with barrel-lug handles for suspension. Hand made in two parts and joined at the shoulder. Self slip applied and overpainted with dark red decoration of six horizontal zigzag ripple lines representing water and six linked red triangular topographic forms from the base to the mid line representing ' hill tops'.