Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Double handled jug from the Levant Predynastic, Naqada IIHierakonpolis (Nekhen)
Description
Jug, two handled. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3500–3300 B.C. Pottery. Diam. 9.5 × L. 11.7 × H. 9.7 cm (3 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 3 13/16 in.); Diam. of rim: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). From: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 106, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276924 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.1.78 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547453 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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