Jar with Lug Handles and Panel Decoration

3650-3300 BCE (Predynastic; Naqada II)

8.9 cm 12.6 cm 9.2 cm

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This jar is decorated with four panels filled with zigzag decoration, possibly representing water. The panels also cover the two small lug handles, which would have been used to suspend the jar. A spiral is painted on the flat bottom.

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4159
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John Khayat, Brooklyn, NY, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1944

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