Pottery Jar (Water Jar Shape)
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Pottery
Overall: 9 15/16 × 5 5/8 in. (25.2 × 14.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6674
Geography
Place Made: Beni Hasan 600, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Archeologist’s labels: “600” (ink), “BH/XI” (pencil).
Provenance
University of Liverpool, Institute of Archaeology; Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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