Stone vessel – zoomorphic, frog STO-0007
By Glenister, Jacob
Archaeological site unknown.
Before 1948 : New York Historical society collection. 1948 : Charles Edward Wilbour Fund.New York, Brooklyn Museum, 37.648E.
Date : Naqada IID
Based on stylistic parallels.
Material : Serpentine
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Partly lost
Preservation information :
Eye inlays lost; leg decoration well preserved. A few chips on the rim, but otherwise intact and in very good preservation.
Description
Seated frog-shaped vessel. The lug handles are placed at thigh-height, just over halfway up the animal, at the sides. The opening of the vessel has a rim with flat lip and is located in center of vessel.
Decoration
The legs are well-detailed, with long toes carved at each feet: four toes on front legs, and six on back. The eyes are represented by circular, drilled depressions that were likely originally inlaid; the eyes face mostly out and somewhat forwards, and their bulging out is marked by a raised ridge above the depression. The mouth is indicated by in incised groove and the nostrils by two small holes placed at the tip of the head.
Dimensions (cm)
2.1
3.8
Additional information
Closed
convexe base
Outside
References
1943
Toilet articles from ancient Egypt from the Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial Collection and the collection of the New York Historical Society in the Brooklyn Museum. New York
, fig. 7.1952
Further evidence for Early Mesopotamian relations with Egypt. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 11(4)
, 242.1984
Predynastic and archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum. Wilbour Monographs 9. Brooklyn
, 245, cat. 126, plate 30.