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Ledge-handled jar
Early Bronze IV Period 2350 BCE-2150 BCE

Medium
fired clay
Measurements
28.1 × 30.9 × 26.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Pella, Jordan
Accession Number
1996.481
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the University of Sydney, Pella Project, 1996
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Buff painted jar with hand-made body and wheel-turned rim, flat base and ledge handles (folded), decorated below the short neck with diagonal incisions and painted in red on upper body with vertical lines between two bands.