Squat Jar with Lug Handles
2950–2573 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessels
- Formatted Medium
- pegmatitic hornblende diorite
- Medium
- pegmatitic, hornblende, diorite
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1914.648
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, CMA 1916, no. 55, p. 210, pl. 339; CMA 1991
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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