Cylindrical Funerary Jar

Artist:Bura

Medium: Terracotta

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:200–1000 C.E.

Dimensions: height: 26 in. (66.0 cm); diam. at base: ca. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) x 7 1/2 in.

Collections:

Accession Number: 1999.130.2

Catalogue Description:
Elongated rounded-top cylinder with an overall chevron-pattern in raised rows. Groups of vertical and horizontal rows deliniate large rectangles. On the top, a frieze of semi-circular rows, an arrow-shaped form, a raised umbilicus, and two other raised tools challenge the regularity of the form. Condition: Surface is eroded and base is broken. Entered Museum with mount. Catalogued by Laurella.

Brooklyn Museum