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Vessel: Tell el-Murra, G6-VC-1

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Context Information

Site Name

Tell el-Murra

Date

29th Century BCE

Site Type

Settlement with cemetery

Country/Region

Egypt/Delta

Period

1st Dynasty

Archaeological Context

Grave 6, SW part of the grave

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Vessel Details

Shape

Beer jar

Shape Type

E1: Conical, rounded base

Fabric Description

Nile clay, with fine to medium large straw particles and fine to medium quantity sand, rounded quartz

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Burial/Grave Gift, Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Roughly smoothed

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made

Firing

Probably post-deposition and/or a burning/firing process

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Beer jar

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29th Century BCE

1st Dynasty

Tell el-Murra, G6-VC-1

Beer jar

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29th Century BCE

1st Dynasty

Break Photos 1

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Beer jar

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29th Century BCE

1st Dynasty

Thin Section Photos 2

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Beer jar

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29th Century BCE

1st Dynasty

Tell el-Murra, G6-VC-1

Beer jar

Tell el-Murra

29th Century BCE

1st Dynasty

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay with Plant Remains

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Magdalena Kazimierczak, Mariusz A. Jucha, and Mary F. Ownby. "Beer Jars from Tell el-Murra - Preliminary Results of Typological and Petrographic Analyses" Ägypten und Levante/Egypt and the Levant 35 (2025), 213-234 , Figure 7.1, Page 226.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Broad-shouldered, slender conical jar with an angular transition between the neck and shoulder, a narrow lower body, and a rounded base. The rim and neck are only roughly smoothed, and turning marks are also visible. The surface below the maximum diameter has been roughly scraped with vertical or diagonal strokes.