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Egg-shaped pot with small opening and flaring rim
  • CollectionCollection Siret
  • Inventory numberPG.2807.410
  • Object nameVase (pot)
  • TitleEgg-shaped pot with small opening and flaring rim
  • CultureArgaric culture
  • GeographyPlace of discovery:Antas (Spain)Geographical Reference > Europe > Western Europe > Iberian Peninsula > Spain > Andalusia (autonomous community) > Almería (province)
    Place of discovery:El ArgarGeographical Reference > Europe > Western Europe > Iberian Peninsula > Spain > Andalusia (autonomous community) > Almería (province)
  • Date2300 BC - 1600 BC
  • PeriodEarly-Middle Bronze Age (Europe)(Europe > Pre- and protohistory > Protohistory > Bronze Age)
  • MaterialCeramicMaterial > Earth > Clay
  • OwnerMusées royaux d'art et d'histoire / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis
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It concerns a type 4, egg-shaped pot in the typology of the El Argar culture of the Siret brothers, excavated in the southeast of Spain. These hand shaped vessels are associated with funerary contexts and are regularly found together with type 8 beakers. This type of ceramic is characterized by a dark, polished, metallic surface.