Decorated vessel of the Predynastic Period

Decorated vessel of the Predynastic Period

This large vessel has been fitted with two loop handles as well as two wavy handles. It is decorated with ornamental as well as figurative brown-painted figures. The representations include mountain goats and ostriches in between cross-hatched fields, which are perhaps hunter's nets. Below is a frieze of triangles which is perhaps meant to symbolize the mountainous desert.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0686

Dating NAQADA II

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category VASE

Material CLAY; UNSPECIFIED

Technique FORMED BY HAND; BURNED; PAINTED

Height 21.5 cm

Diameter 14 cm

Bibliography

Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 46.

Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 26, Abb. 1.

Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 73, Tf. II.

Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 3.

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