© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Black Topped Jar

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodPredynastic, Nagada I - Nagada II

Date4000-3350 BCE

MediumCeramic

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

Dimensions4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (11.7 x 8 x 27.3 cm)

Object number1921.009

Exhibition HistoryCandler Library, Emory University, October 5, 1977 - April 5, 1978
A Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections, Atlanta, Georgia, February 15 - April 4, 1982 (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
Jennifer Ritchey, "Eye on Antiquity," Where Atlanta (November 2001): 21.

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