Basalt cylinder
2960–2770 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBasalt (?)
DimensionsOverall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number03.1826
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ProvenanceFrom Abydos, temple M (187). 1903: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1903)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1903)
883–612 B.C.
2334–2154 B.C.
2900–2334 B.C.
3100–2900 B.C.
about 4000 B.C.
3100–2900 B.C.
3rd millennium B.C.?
2017–1763 B.C.
3500–2700 B.C.
3100–2900 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
about 4000 B.C.