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PREDYNASTIC-EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-2ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 3500-2686 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PEGMATITIC DIORITE JAR
PREDYNASTIC-EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-2ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 3500-2686 B.C.
With wide mouth and flat-topped overhanging rim, the vertical sides expanding to the flat base
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
PREDYNASTIC-EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-2ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 3500-2686 B.C.
With wide mouth and flat-topped overhanging rim, the vertical sides expanding to the flat base
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, thence by descent to the present owner.
PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 22, pl. 29, no. 35.
PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 22, pl. 29, no. 35.
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