Pottery storage jar for commodities
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Second Intermediate Period (1650-1550 BCE)
Light red-colored pottery; white slip
Overall: 14 1/2 × 12 in. (36.8 × 30.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6713
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Archaeologist’s ink label: “EA /IV” in small black letters
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 (University College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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