Vessel with Lug Handles

Arts of Africa

Predynastic Period–Old Kingdom (about 4000–2250 BCE)

Egyptian

This jar was carved from very hard stone using a simple drill fitted with a copper tip. The small lug handles allowed for it to be suspended by cords. Vessels like this one were probably used for the storage of ointment or liquids.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Vessel with Lug Handles
Origin: Egypt
Date: 4000 BCE–2250 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 7.2 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: W. Moses Willner Fund
Reference Number: 1910.246
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Art Institute of Chicago, Thirty-second Annual Report: June 1, 1910–June 1, 1911 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1911), pp. 19, 62.
Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 90.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1910.

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