| Object Number | E4997 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Hiw |
| Period | Egyptian Predynastic Period | Naqada II |
| Date Made | 3550-3400 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Flamingo | Water | Triangle |
| Description | D-ware jar with triangular lugs. The scenes depicted on this vessel may illustrate both the river represented by flamingoes and wavy lines for water and the desert symbolized by rows of triangles. Buff ware. Four triangular knob suspensors. Decoration in dark red paint of hills, concentric semicircles, flamingoes, S figures, a sail with cabins and an aloe. Flat base; ovoid-shaped body; rolled rim. |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1899 |
| Other Number | AES1400 - Original Number |
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