Oil Jar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: C A. Kemper
label: Site Name
content: Abydos
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Elongate conoidal lower body. Not quite flat base. Contracting upper body with 1-1/2" orifice. Flat lip. Smooth surface finish. Two strap handles oppositely placed 11/16" below lip. Color reddish-brown. Spiral decoration in red paint on each side, wavy lines between the two spirals. Spiral about basal portion and wavy line on lip. Identification furnished with object reads, "Predynastic Oil jar. 4000 B. C., Abydos. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Ceramic jar, red-on-buff, spiral design, 2 strap handles, Predynastic Egyptian, ca. 4000 BC, Abydos, Egypt."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Pot, c. 3500 B. C. The circular pattern on the pot imitates expensive stone materials, and the wavy lines on the back represent water.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Predynastic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 224343
label: USNM Number
content: A419790-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: ca. 10.82 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: ca. 7.95 cm