id: 101370 accession number: 1920.1983 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1983 updated: 2023-01-10 18:12:31.420000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb, Luxor, through Howard Carter date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1983/1920.1983_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1983/1920.1983_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1983/1920.1983_full.tif