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MM 10308 :: jar

Object description: A vessel with an ovoid body, modelled rim, tapering to a narrow flat base and two tubular string-hole handles. Iron red surface with an exterior decoration in maroon. It features two aloe plants in between the handles on opposite sides. Below the rim and on to the handles feature horizontal wavy lines. Below each handle is one plant, followed by a vertical string of reversed N-signs. The rim has two circumscribing wavy lines. The base has a spiral motif, which winds itself slightly up and around the lower body.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

MM 10308

Serie nummer

6652

Previous ID

E308

Object

jar

Object, Swedish

kärl

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Lera; Keramik

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition, Egyptian galleries, Medelhavsmuseet

Acquisition

Purchased 10.4.1929, gift from H. Hasselman.

Acquisition, Swedish

Inköpt 4 oktober 1929, gåva av W. Hasselman.

Description, Swedish

Ett kärl med en oval kropp, modellerad kant, avsmalnande mot en smal, platt botten och två tubformade snörhålshandtag. Järnröd yta med en yttre dekoration i mörkrött. Den framställer två aloe-plantor mellan handtagen på motsatta sidor. Under kanten och på handtagen finns horisontella våglinjer. Nedan varje handtag finns en planta, följd av en vertikal rad av omvända N-tecken. Kanten har två omcirklande våglinjer. Botten har ett spiralmotiv vilket slingrar sig något uppåt och runt den nedre kroppen.

Description

A vessel with an ovoid body, modelled rim, tapering to a narrow flat base and two tubular string-hole handles. Iron red surface with an exterior decoration in maroon. It features two aloe plants in between the handles on opposite sides. Below the rim and on to the handles feature horizontal wavy lines. Below each handle is one plant, followed by a vertical string of reversed N-signs. The rim has two circumscribing wavy lines. The base has a spiral motif, which winds itself slightly up and around the lower body.

Period

Naqada II (3500-3150 BC), Predynastic Period

Period, Swedish

Naqada II (3500-3150 f Kr), Fördynastisk tid

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-3500

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-3150

Name - Acquired from

Hasselman, W.

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 1, Egypt takes form

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 1.3

Exhibition - Previously

Egypten, 1982-2012

Description: The Egyptian exhibition shows various aspects of life in Pharaonic Egypt from 3000 BC to the Christian era. There are also many objects from the prehistoric period, starting around 5000 BC. Most of the objects came to Sweden in the late 19:century, and have been donated to the museum from private collections.
The Egyptian Exhibition contains, in addition to mummified humans, also mummies of cats, birds, fishes and snakes. The Goddess Isis with the child Horus in her lap meets the visitors as they enter the exhibition. The pose she holds occurs commonly in western art where the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus often is portrayed in the same position.
A portrait of the well-known pharaoh Sesostris was donated to Sweden by the Egyptian government in recognition both of Swedish participation when the Assuan-dam was built and of professor Torgny Säve-Söderbergh as an internationally well-known Egyptologist. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-01)
The exhibition was made already in 1982. In 2002 there was a change, several of the galleries (4-8) on the upper floor were closed.
Time - Start: 19821982
Time - End: 20122012

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Egyptian gallery 2, showcase 02:11

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

During Naqada II (ca 3600–3250 BC), a lighter clay from the desert’s edge was introduced. New shapes appeared, for example vessels with wavy handles. Another novelty was light coloured vessels with red decoration that sometimes imitated the surface of stone vessels. Complete narratives were sometimes painted in the same red colour, with boats, palm trees and mountains. During this period, the long-distance trade with areas in Syria-Palestine and even farther away increases. Along the trade routes, the pottery of Upper Egypt is spread north. At the end of the period the material culture is by and large the same for the whole of the Nile Valley and the Delta. The area is still politically divided between several minor kingdoms. During Naqada III (ca 3250–3100 BC), the pottery became more uniform with fewer decorated vessels and simpler motifs. During this time the first hieroglyphic writing appears in the form of simple notes on pottery. At the end of the period, ca 3100 BC, the Nile Valley and Delta are united into one state under the same king.

Comments

no.12

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

Under perioden Naqada II (ca 3600–3250 f Kr) introduceras en ljusare lera från ökenkanten. Nya former dök upp, till exempel kärl med vågformade handtag. En annan nyhet var ljusa kärl med röd dekor, som ibland imiterade ytan på stenkärl. I samma röda färg målades ibland hela berättelser, med båtar, palmer och berg. Under den här perioden ökar långväga handel med områden i Syrien-Palestina och ännu längre bort. Längs handelsvägarna sprids keramiken från Övre Egypten norrut. Vid periodens slut är den materiella kulturen densamma i så gott som hela Nildalen och Deltat. Politiskt är området fortfarande delat mellan flera mindre kungadömen. Under Naqada III (ca 3250–3100 f Kr) blev keramiken mer enhetlig med färre dekorerade kärl och enklare motiv. Vid den här tiden uppkommer den första hieroglyfskriften i form av enkla noteringar på keramik. Vid periodens slut, ca 3100 f Kr är Nildalen och Deltat enade till en stat under samma kung.

Keyword

ceramics

Cf Publications

Baumann, H., Bemerkungen zur kultisch-mythischen Bedeutung der Aloe in Afrika, Mitteilungen der anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 100, Wien 1970, 243 ff.

Keimer, L., Pendeloques en forme d’insectes faisant partie de colliers égyptiens, ASAE 34, 1934, 177 ff.

Larsen, H. On a Detail of the Naqada Plant, ASAE 54, 1957, 239 ff.

Laurent, V.- Täckholm, The Plant of Naqada, ASAE 51, 1951, 299 ff.

Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes, BSAE, (London 1921), 36 D (SD48) and G.

On the aloe, see also Petrie, W.M.F., Prehistoric Egypt, BSAE, (London, 1920), 18

Vandier, J., Manuel d’archéologie égyptienne I, Paris 1952, 334 ff.

Mond, R. and Myers, O.H., Cemeteries of Armant I, London, 1937, pl.XXV 36 a1 (SD 42-59)

Publications

George, B., Frühe Keramik aus Ägypten, MedMusB, No. 10, (1975), p.84, no.141

PhotoNegNo

Dig. neg.MM10308a Museum neg.1231,3434-3436,3452

Reference - Published in

George, Beate (1975) "Frühe Keramik aus Ägypten" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 10 (1975).

Source - http: libris.kb.se, books.google.se, archive.org

Height / Höjd

19,3 cm

Diameter

4,5 cm; 14,8 cm

Dimensions

H. 19.3 cm, Max Ø 14.8 cm, Base Ø 4.5 cm

Condition

Complete, minor worn rim.

Original register

Egypt

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