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Stone vase

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Title/s	Stone vase
Category	vessel
Name	jar stone vessel
Description	Stone hanging jar; some fragments are missing and there is a large crack running diagonally through the piece. The inside of the vessel was drilled out. There are two small handles on the sides. The stone appears to be serpentine.
Field Collection	Hierakonpolis Egypt
Dimensions	height(): 12.4 cm width(): 9.4 cm diameter(rim): 4.3 cm
Period	Predynastic Early Dynastic
Date	about 3000 B.C. — 2500 B.C.
Provenance	given: Egyptian Research Account 1898 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Adams, B. Ancient Hierakonpolis [comments: p.129] [comments: 724 no 5570 ; III pl.132,158 no 5570] Quibell, J.E. Hierakonpolis I [comments: pl.31 no 6] Quibell, J. Green, F.W. (1902) Hierakonpolis II (1902) [comments: pl.48a and 30 3-4]
Material/s	serpentine
Accession Number	E.12.1898 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 49552; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Stone vase