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<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)
Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)
<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall02.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall02.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_profile01.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_profile01.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_profile02.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_profile02.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_top.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_top.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_bottom.jpeg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_bottom.jpeg)

<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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Urn Shape with Two Handles

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
DATES ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E.
PERIOD Predynastic Period
DIMENSIONS 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 09.889.411
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Urn Shape with Two Handles, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)
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<em>Urn Shape with Two Handles</em>, ca. 4100–3300 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (5.4 × 6.3 × 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.411. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.411_overall01.jpeg)

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