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About the Artwork
Reproduction of a Naqada II period pottery jar in the Metropolitan Museum collection dating to around c. 3450 to 3330 BC.
It depicts three boats travelling in procession within the Nile Valley landscape, with desert ibex shown in close proximity to flying birds and mountains, as well as flamingos surrounded by water plants. The boats each hold a different set of figures accompanied by individual standards, acting a ceremony or ritual and being observed by groups of people on the land nearby.
Art Ref
DP021
Object Record
Object Type
Pottery
Materials
Date
Period
Naqada II
Findspot
Unprovenanced
Dimensions
Current Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
People Depicted
Deities Depicted
None
Animals Depicted
Antelope, Ostrich, Bird
Themes
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