Ritual vessel (hes-jar)
2960–2465 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery (Nile silt clay)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 23 x 11 cm (9 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number03.1955
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceFrom Abydos, Osiris-Khentyamentyu Temple, area 215. 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)
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Nagada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.