Jar fragment

Museum number:
6-8734
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060008734
Alternate number:
TEMP 2015.0096 (temporary number, multiple cat #s)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/109
Description:
Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain grave, Ballas, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Site changed from Deir el-Ballas to Ballas per V. Jensen, 2022-09-30.
Culture or time period:
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (ca. 3000–2686 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions), Jars, and Pottery
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
According to Victoria Jensen (2022-09-28), "Provenience should be Ballas, uncertain tomb. This type of handmade jar is Early Dynastic and must have come from Ballas, not Deir el-Ballas.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar fragment, accession number 6-8734, described as Pottery: jar, brown, deep, broken, part missing. Greatest diameter: 14 cm.

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