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Object Number
14-63-50/B421
Display Title
Amphora, pottery
Descriptions
Object Description
Amphora, pottery
Inventory Description
Ceramic jar, round oblong body that narrows towards base, flat base, constricted neck, flared rounded rim, circumferential horizontal ridge above base, two other circumferential horizontal ridges on body, brown paste, slightly coarse texture, incised curvilinear markings between ridges on body in one location, surface loss on body in one area
Classification
- Jar
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Dynastic (Egyptian)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Giza
Additional Geographic Terms
Giza
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 75.1 × 27.3 × 29.1 cm (29 9/16 × 10 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Other (Measurement of rim opening): 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.)
Other (Representative rim thickness): 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Other (Representative thickness of ridge): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Other (Measurement of incised area): 3.2 × 3.8 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Other (Base diameters): 8.3 × 8.4 cm (3 1/4 × 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B/421
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