jar
- Museum number
- 1939,0619.1
- Description
-
Jar ( with stem). Inverted pear-shape. Made of pottery (red). Thrown.
- Production date
- 2500BC-2000BC
- Dimensions
-
Height: 27 inches
- Location
- On display (G33/dc45b/s1)
- Exhibition history
-
EXHIBITED:
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- According to the old draft register, the collection of objects from which this piece is taken was "...received in exchange for antiquities from other Departments in the British Museum" and in particular, tradition has it, for European prehistoric material. The whereabouts of the latter material is now quite unknown.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1939,0619.1
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: DK 6446
