Small globular jar
- Accession Number
- EC4017
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Receptacle/vessel, Jar
- Period
- Second Intermediate Period
- Dynasty
- Seventeenth Dynasty
- Material
- Pottery
- Measurements
- Height: 87mm | Max diameter: 64mm | Height of max diameter: 40mm | Rim diameter: 47mm | Vessel Index: 73
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Vienna System
- Nile B
Licensing details
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- Description
-
This small globular jar has a rounded base and rolled outside rim. The upper half of the vessel is wheel-turned, but the base was trimmed by hand. The rim and neck are coated with a red slip. The rest of the vessel was left plain. The fabric is Nile B. There is a vertical band of erosion on one side of the jar.
- Munsell Chart reading
-
2.5YR 6/3 Light Reddish Brown
- Other Identity
- 11 or 71 (written on the vessel in pencil in lead pencil), 63 (rectangular serrated label)
- Previous Owners
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936) | Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 20 May 2022
