Jar

Ovoid jar with a flat base and slightly rolled rim. Wall of vessel 15 mm thick. Trace of pencil writing on the base. Compare with Ali el-Khouli, ‘Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III: Typology and Analysis’ (Mainz, 1978) nos. 1740-1787. Trace of pencil writing on the base. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession number 39902: FUNERARY URN. Alabaster; 4½" X 3¼" Abydos. Predynastic. Presented to the Museum by Miss George, Clifton, 31 March 1926. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface dirt.