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: H562

: Egyptology

: jar

: A pale red clay jar with a flat bottom, high shoulders, a short vertical neck with a bevelled rim. Inside the jar is an intergral clay strainer with large holes punched in it. The rim is chipped and two small pieces are with the jar.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Hiw (Hut-Sekhem, Diospolis Parva), Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: 5500-3100 BC

: Pre-dynastic Period (late)