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Object Number:E1251
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Ballas
Locus: Grave 755 ?
Period: Old Kingdom
Date Made: 2625-2150 BCE
Early Date: -2625
Late Date: -2150
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Calcite
Alabaster
Credit Line:Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number:ES 1251 - Original Number

Description

Vase is globular and squat in form with a cusp rim. Small mouth, thickened rim. Made from Egyptian alabaster/calcite

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: 218-19View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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