Vase

E9510

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

View All (9) Object Images

Object Number E9510
Current Location Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus B6/13
Period Egyptian Early Dynastic | First Dynasty | Narmer
Date Made ca. 2900 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Travertine (uncertain)
Iconography horus Falcon | Serekh
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Travertine cylinder vase with straight sides and raised cord decoration around top. Inscribed with the name of Narmer enclosed within a serekh and topped by a Horus falcon.

Height 27.2 cm
Outside Diameter 20.6 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901
Other Number AES 2131 - AES

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.