Jar, between 3400 and 3100 BCE

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • Overall: 8 7/8 × 4 inches (22.5 × 10.2 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.95

Department

African Art

Inscribed, in pencil, on side: H11 Inscribed, scratched above handle (probably modern): T

probably 1898-99, probably excavated from cemetery H (Semaineh, Egypt)

1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

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

Egyptian, Jar, between 3400 and 3100 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.95.