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 |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Andesite | Porphyry |
Technique | Incised |
Iconography | Heryshef | Table |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
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 The vessel was originally made in the early dynastic period, but was later repaired.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. |
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 |
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