c.24th-21st century BC. A ceramic jar with piriform body, two 'drooping' rectangular-section loop handles, waisted neck and everted rim, painted with a series of vertical and horizontal chevrons between panels, swags below, 'S' motifs around neck. See The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1992.165.18, for similar. 3.1 kg, 32cm (12 1/2"). Ex Cotswolds, UK, collection; 1980s-1990s.