ECM.1871-2010
Parts
Object number
ECM.1871-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Black top jar
Description
Jar from Ancient Egypt, with a conical base and a black-top - a form of 'new race' pottery from C.3000BC
Comments
Like so many Egyptian vessels, this small, beautifully shaped storage jar has a conical base designed for standing in sand rather than on a flat surface. The fabric is a Nile silt, coil-made, with reddish-brown haematite wash and characteristic burnished black top produced by firing inverted in ash in a reducing atmosphere. First identified in 1895 as ‘New Race’ pottery introduced into Egypt following the fall of the Old Kingdom, the prehistoric nature of this and associated wares soon became apparent. A relative dating system for the various Predynastic pottery types was established by the British Egyptologist W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1901.
Other number
Wain. 114
59.114
59.114
Description
Dimensions
Height: 8.7cm
Material
Pottery
Physical description
Small flat based ovoid vessel of burnished red ware with black top, vestigial rim
History and association
Associated person
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)
Object history note
Exhibited at the Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, "Meisterwerke agyptischer kunst schatze aus dem Myers Museum an Eton College", April 2004 - January 2005
Field collection
Collection place
Egypt
