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Clay hanging vessel

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Title/s	Clay hanging vessel
Category	vessel
Name	jar
Description	squat jar, with two lug handles for suspension, decorated with painted spirals. Marl clay imitating the stone breccia by the spiral design.
Production Notes	hand made in two parts
Field Collection	Egypt
Technique Description	handmade
Dimensions	diameter 20.2 cm length 14.4 cm
Period	Nagada II & Predynastic period
Date	circa 3500 B.C.
Provenance	given: Chester, Greville John, Revd 1891 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Bourriau, J.D. (1981) Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest (1981) [comments: no.36]
Material/s	ceramic
Accession Number	E.157.1891 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 49370; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Clay hanging vessel