Jar

Finely carved stone jar of a flattened ovoid shape with two pierced lug handles. Hard limestone with pink flecks. Part of rim is chipped off and loose. Collector's sticker on the side with the handwritten number 155. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Broken, loose fragment, surface dirt, pitted, running cracks Compare with Ali el-Khouli, 'Egyptian Stone Vessels Predynastic Period to Dynasty III' (Mainz, 1978) nos. 1545-1546.