Miniature Pottery Jar
possibly Qau el-Kebir, Egyptian, Egypt, Africa
Middle Kingdom (2030-1650 BCE)
Nile clay with thick hematite slip, polished
Overall: 2 5/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5.9 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
39.64.6662
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscription
Archaeologist’s label: “VII”
Exhibition History
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Provenance
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
Old Number
Reading Museum: no number
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