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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 3300–3100 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Late ware jar with wavy painted decoration
Medium	Pottery, paint
Dimensions	H: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 3300–3100 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic, Naqada III
Date Range	3300 BC

Provenance

Region	Southern Upper Egypt
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Naqada III period

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Fish-shaped palette

ca. 3100 B.C.Pottery vase with inscription labeling a royal estate

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Human figure, possibly male

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Spoon with a falcon on the handle

ca. 3300–2960 B.C.Palette, fish

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Rectangular palette

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.String of beads

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Face from a statuette

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 547145