Cover of a pot
1550–1295 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueTortoiseshell
DimensionsOverall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7359
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb D 115. 1901: 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: October 1, 1901)
about 1775
about 6000–3100 B.C.
about 6000–3100 B.C.
before 4300 B.C.
about 1850–75
3650–3300 B.C.
3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
3100–2800 B.C.
1991–1784 B.C.
664–525 B.C.