Stone Jar

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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1550-1070 BCE

Possibly marble or aragonite, white with gray veining, with green staining near base, possibly secondary

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906

157.25.13958

Geography

Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

New Kingdom

Object Name

Vessel

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

On view

Inscriptions

Numbered, in ink, on base: “87”

Exhibition History

Stone, Sand, and Clay: Connecting Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 7, 2025 - Ongoing

Provenance

Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.

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