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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Decorated Jar

Place FoundEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II

Date3500-3350 BCE

MediumClay, paint

Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget

Dimensions7 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.6 x 14 cm)

Object number1921.023

Label TextThis buffware vessel with lug handles is decorated with typical motifs found in the Naqada II period when new developments in ceramic colors, forms, and decorative motifs occurred. The decoration on both sides of the jar is dominated by a boat equipped with oars and two cabins topped with standards of unknown significance. In the space below the boats are three stylized ostriches or flamingos with fan-shaped plants on either side. Although the exact meaning of the decoration is not known, it may be related to a ritual or funerary procession.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 18.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2008.

Terms

ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.

Status

On view

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