Jar

Cylindrical jar with a carved wavy band below the jar rim that imitates rope. Remains of dark coloured contents inside. Perfumed ointments and unguents were stored in jars like this. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Running crack from rim to base, surface scratched, surface dirt. Compare with Ali el-Khouli, ‘Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III: Typology and Analysis’ (Mainz, 1978) nos. 615-617. Danson Catalogue 2 no. 14.