Vase
Object Number:
E15709
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Egypt
Balabish
Locus:
B101
Period:
New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made:
1539-1292 BC
Early Date:
-1539
Late Date:
-1292
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Alabaster
Iconography:
Nude Woman
Girdle
Lute
Description:
Small calcite vase in the form of a swaybacked woman with a protruding stomach. The figure is naked except for a girdle and she carries a lute. This is a rare form.
Height:
17.8cm
Width:
8.9cm
Depth:
8.9cm
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)
Bibliography:
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 237
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