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
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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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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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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.
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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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