Stone vessel – zoomorphic, frog STO-0015
By Glenister, Jacob
Archaeological site unknown
Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.03023.
Date : Naqada IID
Based on comparison with provenanced examples.
Material : Stone (undefined)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Partly lost
Preservation information :
Rim and lug handles chipped.
Description
Seated frog-shaped vessel. The rim is flat against the body without a distinct lip. The lug handles are horizontal and sit high up on the sides of the vessel. The tailbone is defined; the back end of the vessel comes to something of a point.
Decoration
The eye sockets look sideways and are unlikely to have been originally inlaid; the eyebrow ridges are sharp, well-defined. Four toes are carved on front legs; those on the back legs are probably not present, although this is unclear from the available photographs. The front legs protrude some distance from the vessel but the back legs are in a squat position and tightly incised. The vessel rests on the front legs which are folded beneath the body.
Dimensions (cm)
3
6.5
Additional information
Closed
convexe base
References
1952
Further evidence for Early Mesopotamian relations with Egypt. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 11(4)
, 242, pl. XXIV.B.