Vase
E3958
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Hierakonpolis
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E3958 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Hierakonpolis |
| Locus | Temple Main Deposit |
| Period | Egyptian Early Dynastic | Second Dynasty | Khasekhem |
| Date Made | ca. 2675 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Calcite |
| Iconography | Serekh | Horus | Nekhbet |
| Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
| Description | Monumental, open-mouthed calcite vase inscribed with the name of Khasekhem within a serekh, atop which sits a Horus falcon wearing the crown of Upper Egypt. Opposite the king's name is the vulture goddess Nekhbet holding the heraldic plants of Upper and Lower Egypt. |
| Height | 86.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 61 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; James Quibell, 1898 |
| Other Number | AES 731 - AES |
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