Name:	Globular Jar with Raised Neck (Egyptian, Nagada II)
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Description:	H. 9cm, diam. at neck 5cm, max. diam. 10cm. Good condition, slight damage to the lip. Red-buff clay with some white inclusions. Rough hand made pot with flat base, roundly curving sides and a raised neck with a rolled rim. The pot does not stand straight from the base. Three sets of four wavy lines, arranged one above the other, are spaced round the shoulder. The lines are applied in a dark red slip and are synonymous with the pottery of the Egyptian predynastic Nagada II culture of Lower Egypt.
Date:	Nagada II culture, c. 3600-3100 B.C.
Discussion:	The Nagada II people became increasingly reliant upon the Nile for their way of life and this is reflected in their pottery decoration, which usually shows boats and ships on the river, or just the river itself. This pot depicts the river, the four wavy lines, which later become the hieroglyph 'river', being determinative. Cf. British Museum GR. 51193, J.H. Taylor, Egypt and Nubia (1991) for decoration and general features.