Ancient Egyptian jar from El Hammamiya dated 3000 – 2890 BC

A pottery jar with a spherical body, rounded base and short neck with a flaring rounded rim. It is handmade, with a turned neck and rim. It has self slip, with decoration in red applied with a brush. It is decorated in six vertical bands from the neck down most of the body with five vertical bands composed of four sets of four vertical lines; and one vertical band composed of three sets of four vertical lines. There is an incised potter’s mark on central body.

Ancient Egyptian jar from El Hammamiya dated 3000 – 2890 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1924.31.82
  • Material: pottery
  • Culture: Dynasty 1
  • Period: Early Dynastic Period
  • Excavator: Guy Brunton
  • Dated: 3000 - 2890 BC
  • Object name: jar
  • Dimensions: Length: 263mm , Width: 180mm , Depth: 180mm
  • Published references: Brunton Qau and Badari I p 10 pl XIV 81E pl XXI 10 ( potmark )
  • Site: El Hammamiya
  • Latitude: 26.916667
  • Longitude: 31.483333