Jar ca. 2323–2150 Old Kingdom This bag-shaped jar owes more to vessel shapes in pottery than to the older tradition of stone vessels. Note how the artisan has skillfully employed the dark brown vein in the stone to form a band around the body of the Jar. ca. 2323–2150 Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). Old Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 6-8

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