Small Shouldered Jar


Accession Number
W197
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Pottery case
Object Type
Receptacle/vessel, Jar
Periods
Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period
Material
Pottery (Marl)
Provenance
Egypt, Esna, Tomb 242
Measurements
Height: 175mm | Rim diameter: 47mm | Maximum diameter: 93mm | Height of maximum diameter: 103mm | Vessel index: 534
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian

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Description

A small shouldered Marl clay jar, with a round base and a rolled rim (outside), which dates from the Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period. Decorated on the neck and shoulder with a pattern of small finger-nail diagonal lines. Wheel-made body with hand-made base. It was excavated by John Garstang within tomb 242 at Esna in 1906, and was purchased by Wellcome in 1922 from the collection of the Reverend William MacGregor.

Munsell Chart reading

10YR 7/2 light grey

Bibliography

Downes, Dorothy 1974. The excavations at Esna, 1905–1906. Warminster: Aris and Phillips.

Wellcome Number
A13517
Other Identity
W1977 (number deleted) | 242E'06 (excavation number)
Auction
Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge: 26 Jun–06 Jul 1922, Lot 1717
Previous Owners
Rev. William MacGregor (1848–1937) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
Excavation Details

Excavated by John Garstang within tomb 242 at Esna in 1906

Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 04 Mar 2022
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