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Small squat jar with lug handles and spiral decoration

Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid (Mesa'eed), Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery: Marl clay ware
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5.7 x 8.1 cm (2 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.326
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 102, no. 10 [M/102/10]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)