id:			101370
accession number:	1920.1983
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1983
updated:		2025-02-08 22:56:42.491000

Wavy-Lined Jar, 4000–3000 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada III (3200–3000 BCE). 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 BCE
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, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada III (3200–3000 BCE)
technique:	marl clay pottery
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Vessels
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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
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Egypt</i>. 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Finkenstaedt, Elizabeth. "Prehistoric Egyptian Pottery." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 3 (1988).
	page number: 	p. 83
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160021

	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. 113; Mentioned: p. 113
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IMAGES

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