id:			94098
accession number:	1914.648
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.648
updated:		2022-10-28 20:03:09.734000

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
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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
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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
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CREATORS

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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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1916, no. 55, p. 210, pl. 339; CMA 1991

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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fun fact: 
The stone used for this vessel, a pegmatitic hornblende diorite whose white crystals contain a faint tint of pink, indicates it must have been considered a luxury item.

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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 83, color p. 43; Mentioned: p. 83
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