Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel | Photos by Tales from the Two Lands

Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel

These demonstrate the wide-ranging trade networks that Egypt was already part of - obsidian is found in Greece, Asia Minor and Ethiopia.

From the Naqada Royal Tomb, Naqada.

Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 0-1, c. 3000-2800 BCE.

Acc. No.s: Garstang Museum E.5149, E.5150, E.5151, E.5152

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Two Black-topped Red Ware Vessels With a Model Vessel (left)

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Three Stone Lug-Handled Jars (Left) Plus Two Ceramic Lug-handled Jars Painted to Look Like Stone (Right)

One Stone Jar (left) and one Ceramic Lug-handled Jar Painted to Look Like Stone

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Vase with Painted String Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Decoration of Two Boats with Male & Female Figures at the Prows

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Two Boats, With Gazelles in the Boat

Three D-Ware Vases with Wavy Decoration (Two with Wavy Handles)

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Fragment of a Quartz Vase with an Inscription of One of the Names of Qaa

Fragment of a Vessel with the Name of Merneith and the Name of a Building

Fragment of Ivory or Bone Vessel

Fragments of an Obsidian Vessel

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