Jar

Cylindrical jar with flaring rim and base. Perfumed ointments and unguents were stored in jars like this. Compare with Ali el-Khouli, ‘Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III: Typology and Analysis’ (Mainz, 1978) no. 383. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Running cracks, pitted, chipped, surface dirt.