Pottery Ladle
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Coarse Nile silt, thrown on wheel, string cut base
Overall: 2 5/16 × 3 7/8 × 4 3/8 in. (5.9 × 9.9 × 11.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6699
Geography
Place Made: Fayoum, possibly Rubayyat, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Archaeologist’s label: large ink “R”
Provenance
British excavations in Egypt. British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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