Cylindrical Jar

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodEarly Dynastic, Dynasty 1

Date2950-2730 BCE

MediumCalcite (alabaster)

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions13 1/8 x 6 9/16 x 6 15/16 in., 6 kg (33.4 x 16.7 x 17.7 cm, 13 lb. 3 5/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.397

Label TextStone vessels were frequently deposited in Early Dynastic elite and royal burials. Specialized artisans fashioned these vessels using drills with tubular flint bits and abrasives like powdered quartz. Often empty, the quantity and quality of these funerary vessels indicate their importance as objects of power and prestige.
Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 60.

ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.

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