Stone Jar
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
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
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, in ink, on base: “87”
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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