Decorated ware jar with lug handles
Description
Jar, Decorated ware. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3300 B.C. Pottery, paint. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm). From: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 40, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
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Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A decorated Predynastic pottery jar with lug handles and painted geometric bands on its exterior.
The image shows a ceramic jar standing upright with two projecting lug handles attached to opposite sides of the neck/body area, each supported by vertical stems that connect near the base. The vessel surface is covered with maroon/brown painted designs on a light buff clay ground. Prominent elements include two tall vertical bands separated by a central plain area, filled with repeated wavy and zigzag (chevron-like) motifs, as well as horizontal rows of small wavy lines. The shoulder and rim show additional narrow bands of painted patterns. No legible hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or alphabets (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible; the decoration appears purely geometric/painted rather than textual. No specific deities or royal names are depicted or identifiable from the visible ornamentation.
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