Deep Jar, between 3500 and 3300 BCE

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • Overall (storage dimensions): 6 7/8 × 10 × 18 inches (17.5 × 25.4 × 45.7 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.159

Inscribed, in pen, on side: B39

probably 1898-99, probably excavated from cemetery B (Abadiyeh, Egypt)

1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, Deep Jar, between 3500 and 3300 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.159.