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Egyptian jar bearing a pharaoh’s name
Arad Early Bronze Age, 3000 BCE Pottery H: 19 cm Israel Antiquities Authority Accession number: IAA 1985-17 |
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This jar fragment is inscribed with the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Narmer, unifier of Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty. Such jars, discovered throughout southern Canaan, indicate that at least some of the trade with Egypt was under royal auspices. Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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