Inscribed, in paint: 230
Jar, between 3400 and 3100 BCE
- Egyptian
Terracotta
- Framed: Overall: 9 3/8 × 4 1/8 inches (23.8 × 10.5 cm)
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
1990.96
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Discoloration
- Terracotta
- Handles
- Jar
- Protodynastic
- Egypt
Details
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Provenance
probably 1898-99, probably excavated from a cemetery at (Hu, Egypt) or (Abadiyeh, Egypt); 1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund; 1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Rights Status
Egyptian, Jar, between 3400 and 3100 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.96.