An Egyptian Breccia Jar, Predynastic Period, Nagada II, circa 3600-3200 B.C.

of broad rounded form with twin tubular handles and offset everted rim rounded on the inside, the black matrix with white inclusions.

Collection of Royall Tyler (1884-1953), Paris
by descent to the present owner

Generally very good and as described, there is a chip on the rim about 1 ½ in. long on side not shown in catalogue photo, and several stable hairline stress cracks, not visible on the inside, a very small flaw in the stone underneath.
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There is a notation inside the jar written in orange pencil or crayon “No. 62. (10 [?]) Koptos.”, and “62” is barely visible on the outside.

Koptos - modern Qift, north of Luxor on the Nile’s east bank - is the site which Petrie and Quibell excavated in 1893-4 before moving on to Nagada and Ballas.