Jug, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1550–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3, Burial B 4, Between head of coffin and wall, 1915–16, Pottery (marle clay), H. 20.3 cm (8 in.); diam. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.), This wheel-made jug and a jar with basket handles are made of marl clay, covered with a pale coating, burnished, and decorated in red and black paint. The shape of the jug and the contrast between the light-colored surface and the darker painted ladderlike designs dividing the vessel body into segments recall Cypriot White Pendant Line juglets that were imported into Egypt a generation or two earlier, at the end of the Second Intermediate Period
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Jug, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca, 1550–1458 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3, Burial B 4, head, coffin, wall, 1915–16, Pottery, marle clay, H, 20.3 cm, 8, diam, 13.5, 5 5/16, wheel, jug, jar, basket handles, marl, covered, pale coating, burnished, decorated, red, black paint, shape, contrast, light-colored surface, darker painted, ladderlike, designs, dividing, vessel body, segments recall, Cypriot, White, Pendant, Line, juglets, imported, generation, two earlier, Second Intermediate, Period
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