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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Lug-Handled Jar Decorated with Ships, Water, Plants, and Water Birds
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Lug-Handled Jar Decorated with Ships, Water, Plants, and Water Birds

AAT Object Form/FunctionStorage Jars
AAT Object Form/Functionjars
Possible OriginAbydos, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II
Date3500-3350 BCE
MediumClay, pigment
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (19.1 x 19.4 cm)
Object number1921.022
Exhibition HistoryCandler Library, Emory University, October 5, 1977 - April 5, 1978
Across the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
Monuments and Mummies: The Shelton Expedition, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, February 8 - June 25, 1989
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art