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Model fruit

2960–2770 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsHeight x depth: 13.5 x 7.5 cm (5 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number03.1731
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsModels
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, temple M 69. 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)
Model of a volute shell
2040–about 1640 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model vessel
1400–1390 B.C.
Group shot (clockwise from lower left): 03.1086, 03.1089, 03.1103a-c, 03.1098, 03.1096, 03.1095
1400–1390 B.C.
Model food,  fruit (?)
760–332 B.C.
Model food offering
760–332 B.C.
Model vase
2040–1783 B.C.