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Jar with Lug HandlesNaqada II Period (3500-3050 BCE)

Not on view
Ancient stone jar carved from mottled black and gray diorite, with a wide mouth, short neck, ovoid body, and two small pierced lug handles at the shoulder; a diagonal crack repair in salmon-pink runs across the body
Ceramic jar with globular body and two small loop handles at the shoulders, mottled dark gray and cream surface with a diagonal reddish repair line across the body.

Unknown, Jar with Lug Handles, Naqada II Period (3500-3050 BCE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Jar with Lug Handles
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Naqada II Period (3500-3050 BCE)
Medium
Diorite
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm) Height: 5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.54
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.

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