Purple-painted
pottery vase with perforated handles for suspension cord. The style of
decoration is typical of the wares placed in burials of the elite during
the Naqada II Period. This example was excavated at Hierakonpolis,
which was then developing from a series of small settlements into one of
the most important cities in Upper Egypt.
Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number 1899:388
Dating NAQADA II
Archaeological Site EL-KOM EL-AHMAR/HIERAKONPOLIS/NEKHEN
Category JAR
Material POTTERY
Technique FORMED BY HAND
Height 18 cm
Diameter 14 cm
Bibliography
Barbara Adams, Ancient Hierakonpolis Supplement, Warminster 1974, 93 (tomb167).
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