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) nos. 890-892. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Running cracks, slightly chipped, pitted, surface dirt. Danson Catalogue 2 no. 21.Base marked in ink 'No 21'.