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Miniature D ware shoulder jar

Egyptian
Predynastic
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, Tomb 138

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 6 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number47.2985
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSmall shoulder jar - incomplete, no base; traces of red decoration; rolled everted rim.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 138 [M/138/2]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: June 2, 2022)