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Tall Jar with Rope Patterns

2647–2454 BCE

Egypt, Saqqara, north of the Step Pyramid, tomb 2305, excavations of J. E. Quibell, 1910-1911, Old Kingdom

(2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 3, reign of Djoser (c. 2650 BCE)–reign of Sneferu (2613–2589 BCE)
travertine
Diameter: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); Overall: 23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.624
Location: Not on view
  • Kozloff, Arielle P. “Egyptian Stone Vessels in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 8 (October 1986): 327–339. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 328, figs. 2-3 www.jstor.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 94; Mentioned: p. 94-95
  • CMA 1916, no. 65, p. 211, pl. 339
  • {{cite web|title=Tall Jar with Rope Patterns|url=false|author=|year=2647–2454 BCE|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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