Cylindrical Funerary Jar

Artist:Bura

Medium: Terracotta

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:200–1000 C.E.

Dimensions: height: 28 3/4 in. (73.0 cm); diam. at base:7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) x 7 1/2 in.

Collections:

Accession Number: 1999.130.1

Catalogue Description:
Elongated rounded-top cylinder with a stamped surface. Groups of rows of raised-notched incisions delimit large rectangles in the back, and smaller rhombuses in the front. A four-axis line presents a prominent umbilicus knob. The cylinder lies on a smooth truncated cone. A hole below the knob breaks the pattern. Condition: Altered surface with erosion marks and fissures on the base. Catalogued by Laurella (1/4/2000)

Brooklyn Museum