Jar / Granite

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Record Details

Object Identifier
1986.08.0001
Object Name
Jar
Object Type
Stone Vessels
Materials
Granite
Weight
1048 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Squat jar with lug handles. Granite, black.
Subjects
undecorated
Verbatim Date
3250 - 2750 BC
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions
Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity
Case 16 - Pre-Dynastic Egypt
Exhibition Curator
Richards, Janet
Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year
1995
2009
Type Category
Ceramic

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Record
1986.08.0001
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1986.08.0001/dscn1771.jpg

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"Jar; Granite." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1986.08.0001/dscn1771.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
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