Storage jar

Details

• Title

  Storage jar

• Associated people

  American Research Center in Egypt (established 1948) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (probable) (probable place of creation)

  Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (place of excavation)

  Africa › Sudan (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with slip decoration

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › storage-jar

• Dimensions

  21 cm (height)
  17 cm (diameter)
  at foot 4.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the American Research Center in Egypt, 1974.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1974.71

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