Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Model Jar on Stand
Description
Object Label: These little models represent pointed or round-bottomed containers that were stored in upright stands. The shapes of the pots suggest that they held water or beer. Models like these examples may have been placed in a temple as symbolic offerings to a god. Caption: Model Jar on Stand, ca. 3200 B.C.E.–2675 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 3/8 x 1 in. (6 x 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.128.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Connections
Found at
Abydos
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 58.128.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 74635 tier-2
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