id: 101370
accession number: 1920.1983
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Wavy-Lined Jar, 4000–3000 BC. Egypt, late Predynastic Period, Naqada IIIa2 (Dynasty 0). Marl clay pottery; diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.); diameter of mouth: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); overall: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1983
title: Wavy-Lined Jar
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creation date: 4000–3000 BC
creation date earliest: -4000
creation date latest: -3000
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Egypt, late Predynastic Period, Naqada IIIa2 (Dynasty 0)
technique: marl clay pottery
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Predynastic
type: Vessels
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Overall: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the Month: Egypt
opening date: 1952-10-03T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3-December 28, 1952).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb, Luxor, through Howard Carter
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Tall slender jars decorated with a wavy line in relief occur toward the end of the Predynastic Period. The netlike motif imitates the kind of rope sling or cradle that was used to carry this type of jar without handles.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Finkenstaedt, Elizabeth. "Prehistoric Egyptian Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 3 (1988).
page number: p. 83
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160021
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. 113; Mentioned: p. 113
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