490740 Squat Jar with Lug Handles, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 3rd Dynasty, 2950-2573 BC (pegmatitic hornblende diorite) by Egyptian School; 13x21.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: A single tomb might contain hundreds of stone vessels replicating the shapes of pottery vessels used in everyday life. The hard stone hornblende diorite, notable for its mottled texture, was quarried in the desert along the route to the Red Sea.); Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust; Egyptian, out of copyright.