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.

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Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Vessel with Lug Handles
Origin: Egypt
Date: 4000 BCE–2250 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 9.8 × 8 × 7 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: W. Moses Willner Fund
Reference Number: 1910.247

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), pp. 90, 91.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1910.

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