Jar
Jar Lid
| Object Number: | 30-47-56 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | South Arabia |
| Date Made: | 3rd century BCE - 1st century CE |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Alabaster |
| Height: | 19.5 cm |
| Length: | 18 cm |
| Width: | 13 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Quill Jones, 1930 |
Description
a: Alabaster jar tapering above like a shell. Two blind handles in form of lions' heads. Ridge round the mouth. Note: for descriptive purposes, accession number is in the front with handles perpendicular to the viewer.
b: Alabaster lid. Circular. Flat below with a central projection. Convex above. The handle is a crouched lion with short body and massive triangular head. Note: for descriptive purposes, lion’s head faces right, at 3:00.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1961) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Jung, Michael, and D'Amore, Paola, and Antonini de Maigret, Sabina. 26 Sep 2015. Searching for the Queen of Sheba.. Rome. Contemporanea Progetti. pg. 127 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 97 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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