AN EGYPTIAN TUFFACEOUS LIMESTONE JAR

EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 1ST-2ND DYNASTY, 2920-2649 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN TUFFACEOUS LIMESTONE JAR
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 1ST-2ND DYNASTY, 2920-2649 B.C.
Cream in color with gray and pink inclusions, ovoid in form on a flat base, the disk rim flaring from the rounded shoulders
4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Hans Becker (1914-2004), Germany.
The Collection of Hans Becker; Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 21 April 2005, lot 15.

Literature

Museum Folkwang Essen, Zeugnisse altägyptischer Kultur aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Essen, 1966, p. 45, no. 103, pl. 13.

Exhibited

Essen, Folkwang-Museum, Zeugnisse altägyptischer Kultur aus europäischem Privatbesitz, February - March 1966.

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Lot Essay

According to P.T. Nicholson and I. Shaw, eds. (Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, pp. 60-61), this sedimentary stone, called tuffaceous limestone, consists of "pyroclastic debris thrown into the air by a volcanic explosion and accumulating in air-fall or water-laid deposits." The ancient quarry, which lies in the eastern desert near Wadi Mellaha, at a latitude between Cairo and Luxor, was discovered in 1994.

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