Funerary Cone (possibly)
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Middle Kingdom (2030-1650 BCE)
Pottery
Overall: 6 1/4 × 3 in. (15.9 × 7.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6718
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Archeologist’s label in ink: M 214 — A—
Course History
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
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.
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