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Wavy-handled jar Late Predynastic PeriodAbadiya

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 99.4.161. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 99.4.161
Find spot: Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Predynastic Period
Date: ca.3300–3100 0 B.C.
Date range: 3300 BCE – 3100 BCE
Materials: ['pottery']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Wavy-handled jar (99.4.161). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/43404

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Jar, wavy-handled. Late Predynastic Period, ca.3300–3100 0 B.C. Pottery. H: 24 x Diam: 10.5 cm (9 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Probably from: Abadiya, Northern Upper Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavaions 1898-1899. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899.

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