Pottery Hes-jar
Egyptian, Beni Hasan, Egypt, Africa
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 (about 2000 BCE)
Nile clay
Overall: 7 x 3 in. (17.8 x 7.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
39.64.6681
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Object Name
Vessel
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscription
Archaeologist’s label: 608
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 #608
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