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| Object Number: | E13682 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | Northeast corner of Room 255, Strip 584. |
| Period: | Egyptian Early Dynastic First Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 3000-2625 BCE |
| Early Date: | -3000 |
| Late Date: | -2625 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Andesite Porphyry |
| Technique: | Incised |
| Iconography: | Heryshef Table |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 27 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 22 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1920 |
| Other Number: | M11568 - Field No SF |
Description
Large Vessel of andesite porphyry. The vessel was originally made in the early dynastic period, but was later repaired. There is a circular plug where one of the lugs was. At a later date, the vessels was incised with an image of the ram headed god Herishef seated in front of a table.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 220-21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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