
LARGE PRE-DYNASTIC ALABASTER CYLINDRICAL JAR

Remains of two columns of hieroglyphic inscription including two cartouches, intentionally obliterated.
Naqada III, ca. 3200–3000 BC
Height: 32.5 cm. (12 13/16 in.)
Width: 13.5 cm. (5 5/16 in.)
With an invoice from Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, 13 March 1968, thence by descent.
#5685
Published:
Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIX. (London, 2020) p.6
Ausstellung im Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, Neumarkt 3. Versteigerung Dienstag, Den 21, November 1967, p.10 (25) where the inscription went unnoticed.
Comparanda:
Günther, Peter; Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn (Zürich, 1988) pp. 60-62, taf. 42, nos. 140-144
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acc. no. 56.170