id: 94098 accession number: 1914.648 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.648 updated: 2020-11-04 19:10:37.066000 Squat Jar with Lug Handles, 2950-2573 BC. Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, Dynasties 1-3. Pegmatitic hornblende diorite; diameter: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); diameter of mouth without rim: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.648 title: Squat Jar with Lug Handles title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2950-2573 BC creation date earliest: 2950 creation date latest: 2573 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, Dynasties 1-3 technique: pegmatitic hornblende diorite department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Early Dynastic type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); Diameter of mouth without rim: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1916, no. 55, p. 210, pl. 339; CMA 1991 --- PROVENANCE Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A single tomb might contain hundreds of stone vessels replicating the shapes of pottery vessels used in everyday life. The most popular material for stone vessels was white or banded travertine (Egyptian alabaster), found close to the Nile, but prospectors and quarrymen often traveled far in search of the desired materials. The hard stone hornblende diorite, notable for its mottled texture, was quarried in the desert along the route to the Red Sea. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced: p. 83, color p. 43; Mentioned: p. 83 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.648/1914.648_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.648/1914.648_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.648/1914.648_full.tif